

| Subject: | Re: Vegemite(& spellcheckers) |
| From: | David Marshall |
| Date: | Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:21:03 -0700 |
In Eudora Pro vanagon = vagabond In MS Word 97 vanagon = vernon In Corel Draw 6 vangon = no suggestions There is lots of funny ones out there... In Word 95 (Corrected in Word 97) Pentium = Penis - really funny when you are doing computer quotations! At 18:35 10/18/98 EDT, Michael Jurik wrote: >In a message dated 10/18/98 2:09:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA writes: > ><< > but what the heck is Vegemite!!!????? > > > > inquiring old farts want to know! :) >> > >I also think Vegemite is a yeast extract of some sort. My wife has a serious >Marmite jones (5 years in Amsterdam, hanging with bad-apple vegetarians and >penniless street musicians took its toll on her...). I believe Marmite is a >European version of Vegemite. Complete B-complex, great for whatever ails, uh, >Europeans, I guess. She claims it can grow hair on a billiard ball. In Holland >it was introduced to the bloodstream via sandwich, teaspoons-full put in tea >and sauces, and most likely mainlined by the hardened few. Open jars are *not* >allowed in the Vanagon. A Marmite (Vegemite) spill is not a pretty thought. > >A parting question: the AOL browser spellchecker prompts me to replace >"Vanagon" with "Vernon." What do other spellcheckers suggest in place of the >admittedly awkward "Vanagon" monikor? > >Michael >87 GL (oh, all right, "Vernon") > > -- David Marshall Quesnel BC Canada mailto:david@volkswagen.org -- -- 73 Audi 100LS, 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy -- -- 87 Audi 5KQ, 85 1.8L VW Cabrio, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org --
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