[fwdude]

I once spelled “public” as “pubic” on an official document. Damn spell checker missed it.

[MayflowerMadam]

I worked on the Public Works Dept. You have no idea! LOL.

[Red Badger]

ODE TO A SPELL CHECKER
by Jerrold H Zar

Eye halve a spelling check her,
It came with my pea sea.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye kin knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it’s weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.

A check her is a bless sing;
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen,
Eye trussed too bee a joule;
The checker pours o’er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.

Bee fore wee rote with checkers
Hour spelling was inn deck line,
Butt now when wee dew have a laps,
Wee are knot maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.

Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier;
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped words fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud;
And we mussed dew the best wee can
Sew flaws are knot aloud.

That’s why eye brake in two averse
Cuz eye dew want too please.
Sow glad eye yam that aye did bye
This soft wear four pea seas

[CraigEsq]

I once misspelled a Judge’s name in a court filing. What’s worse is that it was the same name as the courthouse’s namesake (his father). It was, um, commented on in the decision.

[MortMan]

I bet that got hairy.

[ken in texas]

Back in my Air Force days a proposal of some sort had come down from HQ. At that time all were encouraged to communicate in a concise manner, so our commander composed a one-word reply: "Concur".

Unfortunately, the secretary mistyped it, no one caught it, and the official reply was sent back to HQ as "Connur". That became the source of several long-running jokes around the base.