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Bad, bad Word! - 6/30/2008 4:37:23 PM   
thornhappy


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Hi folks--

The American Family Association uses the Microsoft Word autocorrect function to change some words that come over the AP feed.  For instance, they change "Democratic Party" to "Democrat Party".  And they change "gay" to "homosexual".

Well, that was a problem this weekend, after the 100m race.  Sometimes gay doesn't mean homosexual, leading to this "oops":

..." The headline on the piece read, "Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic trials." Readers learned:
Tyson Homosexual easily won his semifinal for the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials and seemed to save something for the final later Sunday. His wind-aided 9.85 seconds was a fairly cut-and-dry performance compared to what happened a day earlier. On Saturday, Homosexual misjudged the finish in his opening heat and had to scramble to finish fourth, then in his quarterfinal a couple of hours later, ran 9.77 to break the American record that had stood since 1999. [...] Homosexual didn't get off to a particularly strong start in the first semifinal, but by the halfway mark he had established a comfortable lead.... Asked how he felt, Homosexual said: "A little fatigued.""
Oh dear.   They corrected it later that day.

The full article is here.

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RE: Bad, bad Word! - 6/30/2008 4:40:12 PM   
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i'd sue for millions!

"homosexual didnt get off"

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RE: Bad, bad Word! - 6/30/2008 5:09:02 PM   
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LMAO!!! 

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