Slik spelling
While writing the previous entry to this pit of nonsense, I misspelled silk
as slik
. Strangely enough, the automatic spellchecker didn't pick this error up, it fell to the old-skool analogue version instead. So I figured that slik
must be a real word. I wonder what it means? (thinking)
Right-clicking on it to bring up the dictionary actually returned the entry for silk
. Huh? (confused)
Slik were a Scottish pop group of the mid-1970s, most notable for their UK number 1 hit "Forever and Ever" in 1976. Initially glam rock, the band later changed their style to soft rock/bubblegum. It was the first band with whom singer and guitarist Midge Ure began to experience musical success, before joining new wave band Ultravox.
It wasn't enough to get them into the dictionary though.
And it wasn't a one-off, as this misspelling of solar
confirms. It only goes to show that you can put too much faith in automation.
Ironically, this came from my post about Google's wayward AI engine! Elon, Sundar, Jeff: are you paying attention here?