[mw-devel] 'Grammarise gag' (fwd)

[Peter Berry]

A suggestion for a new gag from wedge...

I know that some won't work (e.g. i -> I, case gets preserved) and several 
are pretty evil (the ones that explain stuff in parens) but I can't be 
bothered to clean those up atm. Anyway, I'm submitting it for a peer 
review of sorts.

-- 
Peter Berry, SUCS Ex-Treasurer
<pwb at sucs.org>

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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:47:51 +0000
From: William Blackstock <wedge at sucs.org>
To: pwb at sucs.org
Subject: 'Grammarise gag'

Hey Pete,

Hope all is going nicely in Germany. Here's a brand new Milliways gag
I've written ready for you to implement. I think the formatting etc. is
just fine so, uh. Please put it in for me, thanks.

Will
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static struct pattern Grammarise[]=(
{"im","I'm"},
{"theres","there's"},
{"its'","its' is wrong in every situation. You should be using "it's" or "its"},
{"theyre","they're"},
{"s's","s' (unless you were simply saying the plural of the letter 's', in which case, I'm sorry)"},
{"doesnt","doesn't"},
{"werent","weren't"},
{"shant","shan't"},
{"Im","I'm"},
{"wont","won't (unless you meant 'wont' as in, 'it's my wont to misspell things which is why I've been gagged'"},
{"theyll","they'll"},
{"students union","Students' Union"},
{"student's union","Students' Union"},
{"Students Union","Students' Union"},
{"Student's Union","Students' Union"},
{"sucs","SUCS"},
{"mispell","misspell"},
{"misspel","misspell"},
{"mispel","misspell"},
{"jcs","JC's"},
{"JCs","JC's"},
{"cant","can't (unless you were talking about the 'cant' related to speech, in which case, I'm sorry)"},
{"CD's","CDs"},
{"DVD's","DVDs"},
{"DVDs'","DVDs"},
{"CDs'","CDs"},
{"theyve","they've"},
{"teh","the"},
{"gray","grey. Now apologise for attempting to spell like an American."},
{"swansea","Swansea"},
{"thats","that's"},
{"oyu","you"},
{"yuo","you"},
{"havent","haven't"},
{"valentines day","Valentine's Day"},
{" i "," I "},
{"hed","he'd"},
{"shes","she's"},
{"hes","he's"},
{"existance","existence"},
{"youre","you're"},
{"itll","it'll"},
{"Id","I'd, unless you were referring to the games company, Id, or to the part of the brain. Sorry for that.)"},
{"tshirt","t-shirt"},
{"january","January"},
{"february","February"},
{"april","April"},
{"june","June"},
{"july","July"},
{"august","August (unless you were talking about something majestic, sorry.)"},
{"september","September"},
{"october","October"},
{"november","November"},
{"december","December"},
{"arent","aren't"},
{"kinda","kind of"},
{"shoulda","should've/should have"},
{"woulda","would've/would have"},
{"coulda","could've/could have"},
{"your's","yours"},
{"i'll","I'll"},
{"isnt","isn't"},
{"dont","don't (although you might have been speaking French. I refuse to autocorrect foreign languages.)"},
{"hoover","Hoover"},
{"innit","isn't it"},
{"wales","Wales"},
{"universitys","university's or universities, depending on if it's possessive or plural"},
{"biro","Biro"},
{"england","England"},
{"english","English"},
{"france","France"},
{"french","French"},
{"german","German"},
{"germany","Germany"},
{"italian","Italian"},
{"italy","Italy"},
{"american","American"},
{"america","America"},
{"yes dear","yes, dear"},
{"milliways","Milliways"},
{"miliways","Milliways"},
{"our's","ours"},
{"cardiff","Cardiff"},
{"whats","what's"},
{"mens","men's"},
{"womens","women's"}
{"mans","man's"}
{"womans","woman's"},
{"Swanseas","Swansea's"},
{"swanseas","Swansea's"},
{"uplands","Uplands"},
{"upland's","Uplands'"},
{"brynmill","Brynmill"},
{"armor","armour. Now apologise for attempting to spell like an American."},
{"color","colour. Now apologise for attempting to spell like an American."},
{"world-wide","worldwide"},
{"elsmorian","Elsmorian"},
{"freshers fayre","Freshers' Fayre"},
{"fresher's fayre","Freshers' Fayre"},
{"Freshers Fayre","Freshers' Fayre"},
{"Fresher's Fayre","Freshers' Fayre"},
{"freshers' fayre","Freshers's Fayre"},
{"wikipedias","wikipedia's"},
{"arthur","Arthur"},
{"dez","Dez"},
{"firefury","FireFury"},
{"psychodom","psycodom"},
{"didnt","didn't"},
{"new's","news"},
{"grammer","grammar"},
{NULL,NULL} };