[boost] Re: Re: [iostreams] Review Results -- Iostreams Accepted

5 Oct 2004


      "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews@kangaroologic.com> wrote:
...
"We might use a dictionary filter to correct malapropisms, like so:
struct malapropism_filter : dictionary_filter {
        malapropism_filter()
        {
            add_entry("subliminable", "subliminal");
            add_entry("misunderestimate", "underestimate");
            ...
        }
    };"
I realize that my use of 'malapropism' is almost a malapropism,[1] since
'subliminable' and 'misunderestimate' are not genuine words. I think it fails
the  'ludicrous' requirement, though. ;-)

Jonathan

[1] malapropism:  Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one
of similar sound (American Heritage Dictionary)