"John McCoy" wrote in message
"Charlie Self" wrote in

I thought lack of proofreading was a
trendy, today sort of thing,

You're definately right about proofreading in modern publications.
Editors today figure all that's needed is to run it thru the
spell-checker, click on "accept changes" a couple of times, and
it's perfect. Meanwhile the text is actually a morass of
homonyms, lacunae, and mangled grammar. It sucks.

John

Owed To A Spell Checker

I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea
Eye ran this poem threw it
You should be glad two no
It's very polished in it's weigh
My checker tolled me sew
A checker is a bless sing
It freeze yew lodes of thyme
It helps me right all stiles of verse
And aides me when aye rime
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be prowed
And wee mussed dew the best wee can
Miss stakes are knot aloud
And now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate care
There are know flaws within my site
Of nun eye am a wear
Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed to be a joule
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque some spelling rule
That's why aye brake in two averse
My righting wants too pleas
Sow now eye sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear for pea seas

Anonymous.