Bistort Lives Here???
Typos suck. They just really suck.
Misspelled words in a website really make that site look unprofessional. That's what everyone says, and that's what I believe. But producing a website that's reasonable error free is a lot harder than you might think. Every month I put "Bosworth Magazine" together, I think I've done a little better job cleaning up the copy, but every month I find (or am told about) a slew of errors.
These errors also make google hate me. You see, google uses tiny super intelligent robots to crawl websites and punish anyone who misspells anything. (These same robots punish you for adult content.) So having a spell checked website matters.
About a month ago I started using a freeware application called "total validator." It checks links, makes sure your content is disability friendly, and points out any word that google would read as a spelling error. In order to use it, all you have to do is type your website URL into a search field and press the "validate" button. Good stuff, right?
Probably the funniest thing about total validator is that it think "Bosworth" is a typo. Every month I turn on this bastard, and it returns 72 misspelled words. By "Bosworth," it indicates, I must have meant "Bistort."
BISTORT??? What the screw is Bistort? And why doesn't total validator know "Bosworth" is a word?
A few days ago, I finally broke down and looked up Bistort. Turns out, it's an herb, "a hardy perennial with slender stems, growing up to 30 inches tall. Each stem is topped by a dense cylindrical cluster of tiny white or pinkish flowers (May-August). Lower down the stem grow long bluish-green leaves that are lance shaped; higher up, the leaves become smaller. The rhizome of bistort (underground stem) is dark brown to black, thick, knobby, and twisted into an S or double-S shape." (http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_bistort.htm)
Bistort is also known as Adderwort, Dragonwort, Easter Giant, English Serpentary, Osterick, Passions, Patience Dock, Red Legs, and Sweet Dock.
My favorite is red legs.
So bistort is an herb, and just any herb. During the renaissance, its uses include treating polyps, diarrhea, and dysentery. It can also be applied to relieve sore throats and treat burns. Just like my magazine!
Another funny detail about bistort: it's name derives from the latin for "twice twisted," which I think really does describe Bosworth Magazine. The site's at least once-twisted, anyway. Maybe I should change the name of the thing to Bistort... at the very least I'm going to have to add something about this to my wall of slogans.
PS: Blogger's spell checker doesn't think Bistort is a word, either.
Misspelled words in a website really make that site look unprofessional. That's what everyone says, and that's what I believe. But producing a website that's reasonable error free is a lot harder than you might think. Every month I put "Bosworth Magazine" together, I think I've done a little better job cleaning up the copy, but every month I find (or am told about) a slew of errors.
These errors also make google hate me. You see, google uses tiny super intelligent robots to crawl websites and punish anyone who misspells anything. (These same robots punish you for adult content.) So having a spell checked website matters.
About a month ago I started using a freeware application called "total validator." It checks links, makes sure your content is disability friendly, and points out any word that google would read as a spelling error. In order to use it, all you have to do is type your website URL into a search field and press the "validate" button. Good stuff, right?
Probably the funniest thing about total validator is that it think "Bosworth" is a typo. Every month I turn on this bastard, and it returns 72 misspelled words. By "Bosworth," it indicates, I must have meant "Bistort."
BISTORT??? What the screw is Bistort? And why doesn't total validator know "Bosworth" is a word?
A few days ago, I finally broke down and looked up Bistort. Turns out, it's an herb, "a hardy perennial with slender stems, growing up to 30 inches tall. Each stem is topped by a dense cylindrical cluster of tiny white or pinkish flowers (May-August). Lower down the stem grow long bluish-green leaves that are lance shaped; higher up, the leaves become smaller. The rhizome of bistort (underground stem) is dark brown to black, thick, knobby, and twisted into an S or double-S shape." (http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_bistort.htm)
Bistort is also known as Adderwort, Dragonwort, Easter Giant, English Serpentary, Osterick, Passions, Patience Dock, Red Legs, and Sweet Dock.
My favorite is red legs.
So bistort is an herb, and just any herb. During the renaissance, its uses include treating polyps, diarrhea, and dysentery. It can also be applied to relieve sore throats and treat burns. Just like my magazine!
Another funny detail about bistort: it's name derives from the latin for "twice twisted," which I think really does describe Bosworth Magazine. The site's at least once-twisted, anyway. Maybe I should change the name of the thing to Bistort... at the very least I'm going to have to add something about this to my wall of slogans.
PS: Blogger's spell checker doesn't think Bistort is a word, either.
posted by Matt Lavin
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