Aubergines
I had lunch today at a terrific Turkish restaurant in Sunnyside, NY. On the menu was “Aborigines in Olive Oil.” At first I thought perhaps they had discovered Hufu, but no, it was simply aubergines. Even as I type that word on my computer, the spell checker helpfully suggests “aborigines” …
The same explanation cannot, however, explain the “Hitlers Sundae” on the menu at Rasranjan’s in Ahemedabad. On the other hand, this just might. Gujarat is a weird place!
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[…] I was recently proofreading a paper for a Taiwanese colleague and since I don’t trust my own spelling I ran it through the spell checker. Word underlined every instance of “patrilineal” in red and helpfully suggested “matrilineal” … Hey, at least its a kinship term. I’ve seen worse. […]
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Its a physics geek thing, but my spell checker replaces “fermions” with “freemasons”. Which I suspect is how a lot of people think of us string theorists anyhow.