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sionnach commented on the word cupertino effect
When over-reliance on spellcheckers results in the substitution of the word "Cupertino" for "cooperation" in a document. This specific substitution is believed to be particularly common in European Union documents (for an example, see:
cupertino example )
the last five paragraphs contain several examples.
Using the term in the extended sense, the substitution could be any word from the spellchecker list.
November 1, 2007
john commented on the word cupertino effect
Bill Zimmer writes about the Cupertino Effect in the OUPblog today.
November 3, 2007
kewpid commented on the word cupertino effect
I thought this had something to do with Apple Inc. Apparently not :(
November 3, 2007