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What do these phrases have in common?

“the children alone”
“kachu in line”
“to live alone”
“God to/got to/coach to/attitude end of line”

“X from asthma”
“excavation/exhalation/commissioner/information/eggs question mark”

They’re how my Dragon voice-recognition program interprets two common phrases (“go to end of line” and “exclamation mark”) despite days and days of training. My Adelaide accent, a mixture of East-coast Australian and British, seems to be throwing it off pretty consistently.

All I can say is: certain movies make it look easy!

A quick note to apologise to anyone waiting for an e-mail from me, or for something of substace to appear in this particular forum. For once it's not a case of deadlines, although they have contributed to the problem. I'm suffering RSI and undergoing treatment for the same, and therefore exploring a variety of options like fancy keyboards and voice recognition software (not "oyster commission software" as the programme originally understood it to be) to see things right.

But it's not all bad, not by a long chalk. When not editing or coming up with ideas or future series, I've been watching Doctor Who DVDs, catching up on Carnivale, and seeing the odd circus act at the Adelaide Fringe. Loving the cooler weather. Reading some great books. Eating chocolate. And so on.

Oh, it's wonderful not to have to write 3 1/2 thousand words a day any more. (Never again ...)