EcoTalk

Everyone makes mistakes when they’re typing – even me – and often times these are not picked up by the word processing software on which we rely so much. There are some times where these spellings are more obvious, and these are usually where the typist does not have the benefit of these automated checkers. One example of such an application is email, where the spell checkers are not so easy to use.

Another more prevalent place where spelling is not checked is the Internet.

When searching for Ares people type in some really odd things – and I suspect that this partly because of the lack of a spell checker in the Google search engine. Spellings like Aeres, Aris, Aers and Arez may be genuine spelling errors, or they may be internationalized spellings of the popular word. Either way, the visitors always end up at OfficialAres.com

Interestingly Some other spellings appear, too. And these are actually ‘real’ words in their own right. People typing Aries can easily be forgiven as the word sounds very much like that dictionary word. Aires, too sounds remarkably similar to the target word. Areas doesn’t sound anything like, however, and one can only imagine what the typist was thinking!