[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date]

Re: [xsl] OT: Shakespeare and spell checking (was Text processing on XSLT 2.0)

---

---

> It's wrong to use a spell checker on Shakespeare's works, because:
> A) Standardized spelling didn't exist in his time
> B) He's Shakespeare and you're not

Thats a great quote Jay!  Im adding it as quote of the day as soon as
I send this.

Just to "second the motion", thank you Dimitre and Dr. Kay!  This is
amazing work pure and simple!

On Apr 4, 2005 4:05 PM, JBryant@xxxxxxxxx <JBryant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A comment I can't resist:
> 
> It's wrong to use a spell checker on Shakespeare's works, because:
> A) Standardized spelling didn't exist in his time
> B) He's Shakespeare and you're not
> 
> (No offense meant, of course - a comment made purely in jest)
> 
> On a more serious note, hats off to both Dimitre and Mike for FXSL and
> Saxon - excellent work.
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)
> (and founder and first President of the University of Wyoming Shakespeare
> Society)
> 
> Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 04/04/2005 04:44 PM
> Please respond to
> xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> To
> xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc
> 
> Subject
> Re: [xsl] Text processing on XSLT 2.0
> 
> At 04:56 PM 4/4/2005, you wrote:
> >Among the unknown words are such nice words as:
> >
> >affordeth
> >affrighted
> >ariseth
> >arithmetician
> >arrivance
> >bethink
> >betimes
> >bewhored
> 
> ... why I almost never use a spell-checker -- they never know my
> favorites!
> 
> (Seriously -- that's some pretty impressive work going on over there.)
> 
> Cheers,
> Wendell
> 
> ======================================================================
> Wendell Piez                            mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Mulberry Technologies, Inc.                http://www.mulberrytech.com
> 17 West Jefferson Street                    Direct Phone: 301/315-9635
> Suite 207                                          Phone: 301/315-9631
> Rockville, MD  20850                                 Fax: 301/315-8285
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML
> ======================================================================
> 
> 


-- 
<M:D/>

:: M. David Peterson ::
XML & XML Transformations, C#, .NET, and Functional Languages Specialist

---