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An automated spelling checker attached to a word-processing program is one of the curses of our age. In the hands of an inexperienced, over-hasty or ignorant user it readily perpetrates dreadful errors in the name of correctness.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/olwy.htm#N5 (Q&A: Cupertino)
An automated spelling checker attached to a word-processing program is one of the curses of our age. In the hands of an inexperienced, over-hasty or ignorant user it readily perpetrates dreadful errors in the name of correctness.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/olwy.htm#N5 (Q&A: Cupertino)
Hilarious!
Τα παρακάτω, όλα από eu.int:
Το λάθος εντόπισαν και στο ProZ, όπου μια Αμερικάνα αναρωτιέται:
Όταν της εξήγησαν τα τερτίπια του διορθωτή, αναφώνησε: «For crying out loud!! After you mentioned it, I did remember that Word does in fact suggest "Cupertino" when you misspell cooperation. I must say, though, I find a certain irony in the fact that a Microsoft product would include in its spellchecker the city where Apple Computers is headquartered.»
Όπως γράφει ο Μάικλ, «It could be worse. Leave out one of the os from the beginning of co-operation as well as the hyphen and you might be offered not Cupertino but copulation.» Ξαναδιαβάστε τα παραπάνω παραδείγματα με copulation.
Τα παρακάτω, όλα από eu.int:
- This can best be achieved by closer economic Cupertino between the US and the EU.
- development that creates the need for new forms of Cupertino and a more flexible approach
- the fight against illegal immigration needs to be included in the framework of Association and Cupertino Agreements between the Union and its partners
- in close Cupertino with the Waterways and Shipping Office
- It will therefore benefit considerably from synergistic Cupertino.
- relations with the EU were considered to be a priority for his country and noted the potentialities for further developing bilateral Cupertino
Το λάθος εντόπισαν και στο ProZ, όπου μια Αμερικάνα αναρωτιέται:
This is the context: "Another problem has been the lack of co-ordination among donor countries. The World Bank recently claimed that red tape and lack of Cupertino between donor nations are grossly hampering foreign assistance efforts."
I found a few instances of this phrase with this exact wording (and this exact spelling, with a capital C on Cupertino!). It seems to be used almost exclusively in a political context; among others, I've found it in a reference from UNESCO, and in a reference from NATO.
The context seems to indicate that "lack of Cupertino" is a lack of cooperation. (I've also found a Dutch reference that comes to the exact same conclusion.)
Still, having lived in Cupertino, CA for a number of years, my curiosity is aroused. Does anyone know where this phrase comes from -- and how Cupertino came to be equated with cooperation (but only when it's lacking)?
I found a few instances of this phrase with this exact wording (and this exact spelling, with a capital C on Cupertino!). It seems to be used almost exclusively in a political context; among others, I've found it in a reference from UNESCO, and in a reference from NATO.
The context seems to indicate that "lack of Cupertino" is a lack of cooperation. (I've also found a Dutch reference that comes to the exact same conclusion.)
Still, having lived in Cupertino, CA for a number of years, my curiosity is aroused. Does anyone know where this phrase comes from -- and how Cupertino came to be equated with cooperation (but only when it's lacking)?
Όταν της εξήγησαν τα τερτίπια του διορθωτή, αναφώνησε: «For crying out loud!! After you mentioned it, I did remember that Word does in fact suggest "Cupertino" when you misspell cooperation. I must say, though, I find a certain irony in the fact that a Microsoft product would include in its spellchecker the city where Apple Computers is headquartered.»
Όπως γράφει ο Μάικλ, «It could be worse. Leave out one of the os from the beginning of co-operation as well as the hyphen and you might be offered not Cupertino but copulation.» Ξαναδιαβάστε τα παραπάνω παραδείγματα με copulation.