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No Spelling Checker Software Will Help You Pubic Service Award

Haran, Watson & Company

Of course they fixed the typo — which was, I believe, on every TITLE tag on every page of their site so here's a screen shot of the pubic mistake.

My original comments: This note reminds me how much I miss the spell check feature in the old Wang Word Processing system. The feature was "Delete from dictionary" and I don't think any current spell checker offers anything similar. If it did, then this firm of dignified accountants would have deleted the word "pubic" and the title of all their pages wouldn't have ended up "Certified PUBIC Accountants" (I added capitalization).

The folks at Haran Watson & Company shouldn't feel too badly about the mistake because Google found around 11,000 pages that mention a pubic accountant (true when I wrote this).

This typo reminds me of the days when I worked in a steno pool. I was typing up the job description of the Director of Information Services and I entered the phrase "Must keep a breast of current developments."

There's a lot to dislike about the site, but I won't get into it. You can leave your comments about what you think is wrong.

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