Date:         Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:21:03 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Vegemite(& spellcheckers)
Comments: To: MAJurik27@AOL.COM, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  <3e6ffab4.362a6d42@aol.com>
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In Eudora Pro  vanagon = vagabond
In MS Word 97 vanagon = vernon
In Corel Draw 6 vangon = no suggestions

There is lots of funny ones out there... In Word 95 (Corrected in Word 97)
Pentium = Penis - really funny when you are doing computer quotations!


At 18:35 10/18/98 EDT, Michael Jurik wrote:
>In a message dated 10/18/98 2:09:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA writes:
>
><< > but what the heck is Vegemite!!!?????
> >
> > inquiring old farts want to know! :) >>
>
>I also think Vegemite is a yeast extract of some sort. My wife has a serious
>Marmite jones (5 years in Amsterdam, hanging with bad-apple vegetarians and
>penniless street musicians took its toll on her...).  I believe Marmite is a
>European version of Vegemite. Complete B-complex, great for whatever ails,
uh,
>Europeans, I guess. She claims it can grow hair on a billiard ball. In
Holland
>it was introduced to the bloodstream via sandwich, teaspoons-full put in tea
>and sauces, and most likely mainlined by the hardened few. Open jars are
*not*
>allowed in the Vanagon. A Marmite (Vegemite) spill is not a pretty thought.
>
>A parting question: the AOL browser spellchecker prompts me to replace
>"Vanagon" with "Vernon." What do other spellcheckers suggest in place of the
>admittedly awkward "Vanagon" monikor?
>
>Michael
>87 GL (oh, all right, "Vernon")
>
>

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