Saturday, February 17, 2007

gmail is a strange mistress

Look what I just learned:

If you type 'douchebag' into gmail and SpellCheck, one of the offered word choices is 'Toshiba.'

And yes, I was composing a very academic email.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, very academic. As the recipient, I'll vouch for it. It involved an obstacle to the suspension of disbelief towards the end of a brilliant film critique.

This film:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5452982579545117880

DMn said...

Um, yes. We were talking about, uh, how old the origins of 'douche' must be as it refers to showering/cleansing in both Latinate and Germanic languages. Entirely highminded. Nothing to do with name-calling.

lanyard said...

Well, Toshiba is a douchebag.

DMn said...

I must hit the EssenceCheck.