ANSI/List of Changes/HawaiiEastOfUSA/RedAndWhite/Hippogriff

[Carol]

Carol wrote in
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/37267>:
> 
> << not to mention corrected any factual errors, like Hawaii being
east of the continental United States! >>

Catlady responded: 
> Thank you for giving me another chance to post my theory that that
was the spell checker's fault. The poor author typed a letter
transposition 'ewst' and the spell checker changed 'ewst' to 'east'. 

Carol again:

I don't think so, in this instance. In Word, the spell checker doesn't
madke "corrections" automatically, and this particular author was a
reasonably good speller. My own theory is that she was just sleepy or
not concentrating at that moment. I don't know how many times my
fingers have typed out "Voldemort" when I meant "Dumbledore" or vice
versa. I think she typed "east" and meant "west." And. of course, not
even the best spell checker could catch that sort of error.

Which is not to say that I don't agree with you in general about
errors, sometimes ludicrous ones, caused by spell checkers. The one in
my e-mail program suggested "snake," "snap," and "snapper" for "Snape"
(until I added him to the dictionary, that is. Grammar checkers are
even worse since they always "himself," "yourself," etc. as errors
even when those words used correctly. Unafortunately, the grammar
checker's suggestions are rarely humorous.

Carol, looking forward to a quiet evening after a hectic day