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Old 10-01-2021, 12:03 AM
 
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What is the biggest city that gets rejected by spell-check when typed correctly?

I just got zapped for Passaic, 69,000
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Old 10-01-2021, 12:40 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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A lot of people have issues spelling Cincinnati correctly.
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Old 10-01-2021, 03:01 AM
 
Location: West Seattle
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What spell-checker are you using?

I actually don't have Word on my laptop, so I'm just typing into a Google Doc, and it's recognizing place names as obscure as Skokomish (a CDP in Washington, pop. 617).

There was one time I was using Word in college and it didn't recognize the word "raccoons". I can't remember the context, there's no reason I would've written an essay about procyonid morphology or genetics, I just thought that was amusing.
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Old 10-01-2021, 03:28 AM
 
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How does one know what version? I'm using Firefox, and spell-check automatically activates in this CD entry field.

It accepts racoon as well as raccoon. Milwaukie is also accepted, because that is correct for the Oregon city, pop. 20,000, only a thirrd of Passaic. Which is now, inexplicably, accepted. Kinston NC is rejected, also 20,000.
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Old 10-01-2021, 05:21 AM
 
Location: 215
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Bellevue
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Old 10-01-2021, 07:06 AM
 
Location: Miami (prev. NY, Atlanta, SF, OC and San Diego)
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Agree with Cincinnati….I often put 2 ‘t’s instead of 2 ‘n’s
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Old 10-01-2021, 09:03 AM
 
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SacrEmento......SacramAnto......SacrEmAnto.....Its spelled Sacramento

and often pronounced "Sacramenno" by native and near native Sacramentans, we drop the "t".
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Old 10-01-2021, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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SacrEmento......SacramAnto......SacrEmAnto.....Its spelled Sacramento

and often pronounced "Sacramenno" by native and near native Sacramentans, we drop the "t".
Like Scraun rather than Scranton.
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Old 10-01-2021, 10:29 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Tucson.

Edit: I misread the question but will leave my answer.
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Old 10-01-2021, 10:44 AM
 
Location: Miami (prev. NY, Atlanta, SF, OC and San Diego)
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Albuquerque might be up there as well.
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