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Originally Posted by Edella
Having a spell-checker definitely helps me get my points across better, but it doesn't help a poor speller like me look too bright when screwing-up words like:
censer - incense holder
censor - bad person who fears knowledge. 
sensor - a device which detects |
Exactly! Whether using an electronic spell check or a hard-copy dictionary, such errors as these creep in. On the face they appear as spelling errors, but at the root they are errors of grammatical usage.
Part of my interest in this class is actually employing them purposefully for comic or poetic effect. In some cases this gives the common double entendre, but I can find no word to describe more than two entendres (entendre - French for "meaning") and for me the more the merrier.
For example in the title of this thread, substituting "airs" or "errors" for "heirs" broadens the possible interpretations. For this to have the effect I intend, the communication must be read as the multi-entendre is lost if the passage is simply heard.
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