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I'm Dutch, and here are some funny things suggested wrong by spellcheckers:

* hoofdaannemer - hoofd aannemer : main contracter - person who takes heads

* wegomlegging - weg om legging : road closure, a road around a legging(pants)

* dagverse vis - dag verse vis : catch of the day - goodbye, fresh fish

This twitter has many such errors in the wild.

https://mobile.twitter.com/spatiegebruik

Not all spellcheckers suggest it wrong, but almost all that rely on statistics, will get it wrong: hoofdaannemer (or hoofdanything), will occur far less than hoofd or aannemer.

This, I fear, is forming our language use. As people rely on tech, they'll follow the suggestions and wrong use of space will turn an actual problem.

Edit: formatting.




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