Oy

[magid]

I can understand how a trigonometry chapter can be full of angels*.
There's no excuse for cotermianl angels, however.

(Which is another way of saying spellcheck ain't perfect, but it does have its uses.)

* I could so totally see a story with tangent and cotangent angels.

Comments

[geekosaur]

...and as always, spelling flames attract spelling errors. :)

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Consider: what are the design constraints on a spell-checker for a spell-book? That might make an interesting story.

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

ya know, initially, I just figured you meant calculating the angles at which their hands are held, arms are outstretched, etc.

then I read the second sentence....

[magid.livejournal.com]

The one spelling issue in the post is intentional.
Unless I missed another one?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Excellent question.
Though it sort of breaks my brain as well, having magic and technology together like that. Grimoires, yes, but not e-grimoires, as it were.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Like semaphore! Good thing it's not angles of angel legs, if the one-leg theory is true ;-P.

(There is no way angels could end up in a public school math textbook in this era.)

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

indeed.

[geekosaur]

They actually wrote "cotermianl angels"? *head hurts*

[geekosaur]

Suddenly I imagine something Sorceror's Apprentice-like happening because the spellchecker offered the wrong correction....

[(Anonymous)]

And the supplementary angels get called in when things get busy.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Yep. Along with a host of other things that would have been caught had spellcheck been used. And many it would not have, too.

[scholargipsy.livejournal.com]

He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinitity
He says amen and hallelujah.

magid, you can always call me Algebra.

[magid.livejournal.com]

There's a scene not unrelated to this in the beginning of a recent Diana Wynne Jones book, with the kid in question not noticing the pages riffling along between her checks of the spell 'recipe.' Hilarity ensues, of course.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I bow to your acute wit, o complementary one :-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

*grin*
That's been floating through my head for the last day or two.

[(Anonymous)]

*grin*