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Tuumble · 04-07-2008, 04:01 PM

My mum and dad told me a story last week about my 18 year old nephew. He has learning difficulties and a mental age of about 7 or 8.

Anyway, he went on the Internet and was searching for model trains under the term, 'Hornby', a model train manufacturer, except he spelt it wrong and missed out the 'b'.

The poor lad was very puzzled wondering why he wasn't getting the images of trains he was expecting.

Trezker · 04-07-2008, 06:05 PM

Well that's just bad luck.

Had he managed to hit the wrong key intead of missing it chances are good google would have put up the "did you mean hornby" message.

Beloved · 04-13-2008, 05:04 AM

Poor kid, easily done.

I learnt as a niave 15 year old to becareful what you ask for in a chemist. I had been asked to go to the chemist to get something for headaches, I asked the man behind the counter for some headache tablets and was handed a box of condoms.

04-07-2008, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tuumble Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peterborough, UK Posts: 564	Be careful spelling those search terms! My mum and dad told me a story last week about my 18 year old nephew. He has learning difficulties and a mental age of about 7 or 8. Anyway, he went on the Internet and was searching for model trains under the term, 'Hornby', a model train manufacturer, except he spelt it wrong and missed out the 'b'. The poor lad was very puzzled wondering why he wasn't getting the images of trains he was expecting.

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04-07-2008, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trezker Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 962	Well that's just bad luck. Had he managed to hit the wrong key intead of missing it chances are good google would have put up the "did you mean hornby" message.

04-13-2008, 05:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
Beloved Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 340	Poor kid, easily done. I learnt as a niave 15 year old to becareful what you ask for in a chemist. I had been asked to go to the chemist to get something for headaches, I asked the man behind the counter for some headache tablets and was handed a box of condoms.

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