Ode to a spell checker

In the last few days I have been cursing Microsoft Word. I have written two press releases for two open source software development projects I am involved with and have run into the problems that can occur when using different language settings. One press release is in US English, with American spelling, the other is in UK English and also translated into French. Moving between documents has resulted in some interesting spelling corrections being offered by the spell checker. I was having a whinge about the spell checker to a colleague and he sent me this little ditty. It amused me so much I thought I would share it with you.

Owed Two A Spell Chequer

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

Now copy and paste this ditty into your word processor and run the spell checker. If your check actually shows up any errors in spelling it is clearly a better spell checker than the one that comes with Microsoft Word and I would be interested to know what you are using!