From 344164383efcbc5cfa2ec7e2868de4afd3ff5662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Janzen Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:49:08 +0000 Subject: Spelling and accuracy --- games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes | 38 ++++++++++++++++++----------------- games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes.sp.ok | 21 +++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) (limited to 'games') diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes index f6c4b3514e7..e9449d40e4f 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes @@ -326,20 +326,21 @@ team, who always get killed soon after appearing, and a squad of Imperial Stormtroopers, who can't hit the broad side of a planet? -- Tom Galloway % -A is for Amy who fell down the stairs, B is for Basil assaulted by bears. -C is for Clair who wasted away, D is for Desmond thrown out of the sleigh. -E is for Ernest who choked on a peach, F is for Fanny, sucked dry by a leech. -G is for George, smothered under a rug, H is for Hector, done in by a thug. -I is for Ida who drowned in the lake, J is for James who took lye, by mistake. -K is for Kate who was struck with an axe, L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks. -M is for Maud who was swept out to sea, N is for Nevil who died of ennui. -O is for Olive, run through with an awl, P is for Prue, trampled flat in a brawl -Q is for Quinton who sank in a mire, R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire. -S is for Susan who parished of fits, T is for Titas who flew into bits. -U is for Una who slipped down a drain, V is for Victor, squashed under a train. -W is for Winnie, embedded in ice, X is for Xercies, devoured by mice. -Y is for Yoric whose head was bashed in, Z is for Zilla who drank too much gin. - -- Edward Gorey "The Gastly Crumb Tines" +A is for AMY who fell down the stairs, B is for BASIL assaulted by bears. +C is for CLARA who wasted away, D is for DESMOND thrown out of a sleigh. +E is for ERNEST who choked on a peach, F is for FANNY sucked dry by a leech. +G is for GEORGE smothered under a rug, H is for HECTOR done in by a thug. +I is for IDA who drowned in a lake, J is for JAMES who took lye by mistake. +K is for KATE who was struck with an axe, L is for LEO who swallowed some tacks. +M is for MAUD who was swept out to sea, N is for NEVILLE who died of ennui. +O is for OLIVE run through with an awl, P is for PRUE trampled flat in a brawl. +Q is for QUENTIN who sank in a mire, R is for RHODA consumed by a fire. +S is for SUSAN who perished of fits, T is for TITUS who flew into bits. +U is for UNA who slipped down a drain, V is for VICTOR squashed under a train. +W is for WINNIE embedded in ice, X is for XERXES devoured by mice. +Y is for YORICK whose head was knocked in, +Z is for ZILLAH who drank too much gin. + -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" % A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. % @@ -6868,7 +6869,7 @@ it will always do it. -- Les Aspin, D., Wisconsin % If you go on with this nuclear arms race, -all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce" +all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce. -- Winston Churchill % If you had any brains, you'd be dangerous. @@ -8035,7 +8036,7 @@ Labor, n.: Lackland's Laws: (1) Never be first. (2) Never be last. - (3) Never volunteer for anything + (3) Never volunteer for anything. % Lactomangulation, n.: Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly @@ -8742,7 +8743,8 @@ lylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalyl- glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine, n.: The chemical name for tryptophan synthetase A protein, a 1,913-letter enzyme with 267 amino acids. - -- Mrs. Bryne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and + -- Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and + Preposterous Words % Mickey Mouse wears a Spiro Agnew watch. % @@ -14633,7 +14635,7 @@ from where you left them to where you can't find them. % Vitamin C deficiency is apauling. % -VMS is like a nightmare about RXS-11M. +VMS is like a nightmare about RSX-11M. % Vote anarchist. % diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes.sp.ok b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes.sp.ok index 21716258082..ece4d0d39b7 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes.sp.ok +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes.sp.ok @@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ Broido Brontosaurus Brunner Brutus -Bryne's Buckminster Bucky Bucy's @@ -159,6 +158,7 @@ Bumstead Burggoven Burkowski Busmanship +Byrne's C&O C.I.A C.R.T @@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ CChheecckk CDS CHARDONNAY CI +CLARA CLBR CLBRI CLICK...CLICK...WHIRRR...CLICK @@ -225,7 +226,6 @@ Churchy Ciardi Cinemuck Claghorn -Clair Clapton Clarkson Cleyre @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ Galvani's Gamekeeping Gandalf Gandhi -Gastly +Gashlycrumb Gaultier Gauvreay Geis @@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ Muppet Murdoch Mustgo Myung +NEVILLE NEWSFLASH NYT Nader @@ -814,7 +815,6 @@ Neo Nerd Neronic Nesbitt -Nevil Newlan's Ngdanga Ni @@ -917,13 +917,13 @@ Pumpernickel Putluck Pynchon QT +QUENTIN QWERT QWERTYUIOP Quidquid Quigley's Quincey Quincunx -Quinton Quux Qvid RAMs @@ -932,10 +932,10 @@ RFD ROMs RPG RSSC +RSX RTAB RWDSK RWOC -RXS Ra Radner Raisa @@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ T'umps T.H TAA TDB +TITUS TLC TSO TSP @@ -1116,7 +1117,6 @@ Thyself Tierra Tijuana Tikkanen -Titas Tobias Tock Tomlin @@ -1233,10 +1233,11 @@ Wirrten Wirth Withington Wombat's +XERXES XIIdigitation XINU -Xercies YEH +YORICK Yabba Yellowstone Yessir @@ -1245,11 +1246,11 @@ Yo Yoda Yoda's Yorba -Yoric Youngman Yuletide Yutang ZIPPY +ZILLAH ZORAC Zanuck Zappa @@ -1258,7 +1259,6 @@ Zarathustra Zelkowitz Zeno's Zern -Zilla Zippy Zonker Zorkmids @@ -1922,7 +1922,6 @@ unbegot und uns unvoist -uretheral urgin's ust v.intrans -- cgit v1.2.3