i wish we could abolish spellcheck

a co-worker of mine laughed sharply at the office last week.

"what was that?"

"a friend of mine from high school just updated her facebook. she said she was mourning michael jackson. but she spelled it m-o-a-r-n-i-n-g."

"hmmm...." in my mind i immediately pictured a woman tearing out her hair and moaning in pain. she had created a brilliant new word! she wasn't just mourning! she was MOARNING! a state so far beyond, so much more intense then a mourn. the rest of the world may be mourning michael jackson. not her. no, she was truly moarning him. i was impressed, and jealous that i hadn't come up with such a descriptive use of language.

or maybe she just knew it wasn't morning, but couldn't quite make it down the list of vowels to u.