Happy, shiny bananas October 13, 2008
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Dialogue, Ire, Laughing, Spellcheck, Words.Tags: Archaic words, Banana, Etymology, Micaceous, Minacious, Musaceous, Spellcheck, Wiktionary
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aka. “Temporarily Amusing Diversions That Must Be Banished For the Sake of Sanity and/or Productivity — Why Spellcheck is about as intuitive as a rolling pin, only less suited to its actual purpose”.
Me: Architecture… internal finishes…etcetera and so forth….micaceous paint…
Spellcheck: I’m sorry. Do you mean ‘musaceous’?
Me: I’m pretty sure I don’t. I’m pretty sure I mean ‘micaceous’. As in sparkly and shiny, and pertaining to mica.
Spellcheck: Are you sure?… Are you sure you don’t mean ‘musaceous’?
Me: Well, what does musaceous mean?
Spellcheck: Don’t ask me, I just tagged along with MS Word 2007. Do I look like I know what these words mean?
Me: Fine then, numbskull. I’ll ask Wiktionary.
Wiktionary: ‘Musaceous’ — of or pertaining to a banana.
Me: Yes. Right. See, I did NOT mean musaceous. Who wants their house painted with banana? No-one, that’s who.
Spellcheck: Fine then, see if I care… Err, how ’bout ‘minacious’ then?
Me: Hmm, let’s see.
Wiktionary: Minacious: ‘Of a threatening or menacing nature’.
Me: How fitting! [turns off Spellcheck with one fierce keystroke]. Now back to work!
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