Do you find it odd that Askville's spell checker doesn't recognize 'Askville' and suggests 'Asheville' instead?

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Ashville Yes, it's kind of funny, but it's probably some old spellchecker program they found in the back room from 1999 or something....! But what you need to do is to train the spell checker. I just tried this to be sure, and it worked for me. Get a cookie first to reward yourself, not the spell checker, when you are through.

Ask a question with the word Askville in it. Doesn't matter what it is, could be Askville Askville Askville--you can delete it all and not really ask it. Press the spell check button in the second screen.It doesn't like your spelling, right, and suggests Asheville?

Well, we can fix that annoying little widget! Type the word Askville in the box where it says Asheville, and then click "learn" on the list to ther right. That's all it takes to teach it a new word!

Askville, despite evidence to the contrary sometimes, is a quick learner. And you are too so you can have that cookie now! But don't eat this one!

I subscribe to Google Alerts about Askville quite often they turn out to be about Asheville from there, too, so it's not unusual for computers to grab on to close words.

Not really! The reason is that they use the "regular" dictionary. That is not a surprise to me.

Of course they could add this word to their dictionary but they apparently didn't! I believe Askville is VERY short staffed. They simply do not have enough "man power" for running the website properly.

There are A LOT that we asked and very little that we got. They could do better if they had more people to help them out! Personally I don't use their "spell checker"!

It is absolutely useless for me because I use FireFox and it has an embedded spell checker. That works all over the website and not ONLY for questions! There is a way to get around that though.

Next time you get that message hit "Learn". It adds "Askville" to their dictionary for you and doesn't take that as a misspelled word again Sources: opinion! Paradise.

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I certainly do! I can't believe the spell check feature here - it's seems to be very lame indeed. It doesn't recognize even simple words.It's nearly useless and wastes precious time - time that we could use to answer questions!

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1 yeah, but I figure that is a simple oversight.

Yeah, but I figure that is a simple oversight.

2 that's funniiieee. ... I wonder what's in Asheville? .

That's funniiieee. ... I wonder what's in Asheville?

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Our Askville, May 18,2009..........Come on in and sit a spell!

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