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Bugeye and Frogeye

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When ever I type in Bugeye or Frogeye on my computer it underlines the word in red indicating they are misspelled words.
I think we should start a campaign to get the various dictionary gurus to accept these two words as being spelled correctly.
They should be accepted world wide as correct vocabulary.
What does everybody else think.
 
All I have to do is right-click on the underlined word, and one of the choices is "Add to dictionary". After that, my computer "knows" how to spell it.

Actually, I guess I have to do that twice, once for my email client and once for my Internet browser. Newer systems probably share the dictionary, though.

I actually disagree about adding them to the default dictionary for everyone everywhere. There are literally hundreds of thousands of words (if not millions) that are in common use within small groups like ours. If every one was added to the default dictionary, it would catch a lot fewer spelling mistakes. Just for kicks, I checked a printed Funk and Wagnalls dictionary (couldn't find the Oxford) and it has both bugeye and frogeye.
 
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