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[KG6AF]

Written by P. J. O'Rourke.  First time I saw it was in an old issue of National Lampoon.  You can be sure he knew what he was doing when he wrote "good".

Written by the late Michael O'Donoghue.

[K7KBN]

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[WB2WIK]

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

A checker 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 to bee a joule;
The checker pours o'er every word,
To cheque sum spelling rule.

Be fore a veiling checkers
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if were lacks or have a laps,
We wood be maid to wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know faults with in my cite,
Of non 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 wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft ware four pea seas.
And why I brake in two averse
By righting want too pleas.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[W1JKA]

Re:WB2WIK

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[AC4RD]

However, if the reason that you posted that is that you're considering Greek, Latin and Penmanship all lost arts, then I agree with you. 

This morning a quote from Robert Benchley floated into mind.  Writing about changing times, he said:  "I would hang my head and sadly mutter 'Ehu, fugaces,' if I could remember whether the G is hard or soft."