The folks at WordPress.com, the free blogging service used for creating and distributing this fine blog, recently introduced a spellchecker.
That's a welcomed new feature. But there's something perversely odd about it.
The spellchecker says the words "blog" and "blogging" are misspelled.
This is funny. I wonder which dictionary (dictionaries) the spelling checker use.
The default aspell one. We’re looking into getting a custom one deployed with some of the more common words around here, like “WordPress.”
heehee, hilarious. do you know if the word “blog” has made into dictionaries though?
In the defense of WP, I'm sure "blog" is missing from many dictionaries. It usually takes a while for words to be added.
The word does show up with a definition here:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=blog