A child, I used to win spelling B's. Then
spell-check wiped away all I'd learned by rote
'till even words seemed interchangeable
although I know
they're not.
If I were to
lose the internet one day
would I be swept back to
1937
with yellowing vision
like the pages of this book
falling apart at it's seams, only
saved because you signed it?
What would I do without Google search
now I've become
it's fool, Daddy?
~*~
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I love my Macquarie dictionary and still use it a lot. Have turned the auto spell check function off in the computer because it was preempting my editing process and I really didin't like that!
ReplyDeleteSee, I did visit. I love dictionaries. Especially family ones. I treat them like Bibles.
ReplyDeleteI think you can make a poem out of this post. I also think you should!
that's some goodlooking daddy you had
ReplyDeletethere, who also had excellent
Penmanship
who also had THE book...
i look constantly in my very same
dictionary. I love my dictionary.
Many things are between the pages
for me to be able to google everything is such enrichment,va dream came throug
ReplyDeletewanting to know everything...
sorry Michelle for little contact lately
but underneath always...love....
Michelle, I still have my Jr. High/High School dictionary somewhere! My mama's oversized dictionary sits right by the couch. I have loved them so, but must add that I tend to Google and spellcheck now.
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