The spellchecker as social critic

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Doug Henwood, editor/publisher of the fine Left Business Observer newsletter, sent this note to his mail list the other day:

The spell checker for Adobe's InDesign was stumped by the word "narcoticized," and suggested "Americanized" as an alternative.

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