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[ 0 => '{{shortdescription|poem by Jerrold H. Zar}}', 1 => '{{Use dmy dates|}}', 2 => '{{Infobox poem', 3 => '|name = Candidiate for a Pullet Surprise', 4 => '|image = ', 5 => '|image_size = ', 6 => '|caption = ', 7 => '|subtitle = ', 8 => '|author = [[Jerrold Zar|Jerrold H. Zar]]', 9 => '|original_title =', 10 => '|original_title_lang = ', 11 => '|translator = ', 12 => '|written = 1992', 13 => '|first = ', 14 => '|illustrator =', 15 => '|cover_artist =', 16 => '|country = United States', 17 => '|language = English', 18 => '|series =', 19 => '|subject =', 20 => '|genre = Humour', 21 => '|form =', 22 => '|metre =', 23 => '|rhyme =', 24 => '|publisher = ''[[Journal of Irreproducible Results]]''', 25 => '|publication_date = 1994', 26 => '|media_type =', 27 => '|lines =36', 28 => '|pages =', 29 => '|size_weight =', 30 => '|isbn =', 31 => '|oclc =', 32 => '|preceded_by =', 33 => '|followed_by =', 34 => '|wikisource =', 35 => '}}', 36 => '"'''Candidate for a Pullet Surprise'''" is a poem by [[Jerrold Zar|Jerrold H. Zar]], based on an earlier short poem by Mark Eckman. It was first published in 1994 in the humour magazine ''[[Journal of Irreproducible Results]]''. The poem uses [[homophones]] to illustrate the problem of relying on a [[spell checker]]. It was widely circulated as a [[viral email]], often in altered form without attribution, and has been reproduced in numerous works on writing, editing, and publishing ethics.', 37 => '', 38 => '==Composition==', 39 => '', 40 => 'Use of electronic mail rapidly increased in the early 1990s. Mark Eckman was working for [[AT&T]], where division had formed over whether a [[spelling checker]] should be included in the company's [[email client]]. This had devolved into an argument about whether people who couldn't spell should use email. In hopes of inspiring fresh discussion, Eckman wrote a two-verse poem which appeared in ''AT&T Today'', the company's e-mail news digest, in 1991. According to Eckman, the poem had the opposite effect and further polarized the debate, though he soon received "pages of additional verses" by email.<ref name="Nordquist"/>', 41 => '', 42 => '[[Jerrold Zar|Jerrold H. Zar]], then the Dean of the Graduate School of [[Northern Illinois University]], was inspired Eckman's poem and wrote "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" in 1992. The first two verses are based on Eckman's poem and the title was suggested by Pamela Brown.<ref name="Shackle"/> Zar stated in 2012 that he had never recited the poem, as its impression is made only when read.<ref name="Shackle"/>', 43 => '', 44 => '{{Verse translation|lang=en|I have a spelling checker', 45 => 'It came with my PC', 46 => 'It highlights for my review', 47 => 'Mistakes I cannot sea.', 48 => '|''I have a spelling checker,''', 49 => '''It came with my PC.''', 50 => '''It plane lee marks four my revue''', 51 => '''Miss steaks aye can knot sea.''|attr1=1991 poem by Mark Eckman<ref name="Nordquist"/>|attr2="Candidate for a Pullet Surprise"<br/>by Jerrold H. Zar<ref name="Nordquist"/>}}', 52 => '', 53 => 'The poem gradually increases its use of [[homophone]]s, which a spell checker would treat as correct. According to the author, 127 of the poem's 225 words are incorrect, though correctly spelled.<ref name="Shackle"/>', 54 => '', 55 => '==Publication history==', 56 => '', 57 => 'The poem was first published in the science humour magazine ''[[Journal of Irreproducible Results]]'' in the Jan–Feb 1994 issue, and was reprinted in that publication in 2000.<ref name="Shackle"/>', 58 => '', 59 => 'It circulated widely as a [[viral email]], often amended, retitled, or with erroneous attribution. On some websites it is titled as "Owed to a Spell Checker", "Spellbound" or "Spell Checker Blues" with authorship to "Anonymous" or "Sauce unknown".<ref name="Nordquist"/><ref name="Shackle"/> ', 60 => '', 61 => 'The poem has also been reproduced in numerous books on writing, editing, and publishing ethics.<ref name="Shackle"/> It is reproduced in the forward of the ''English Style Guide'' of the [[University of Johannesburg]].<ref name="Johannesburg"/>', 62 => '', 63 => '==Reception==', 64 => '', 65 => 'The poem has been noted as a [[cautionary tale]] for over-reliance on technology.<ref name="Nordquist"/><ref name="Treadwell"/>', 66 => '', 67 => 'Writing for ''[[ThoughtCo]]'', Richard Nordquist described the poem as "an exercise in homophonous humor".<ref name="Nordquist"/> In ''Public Relations Writing'', Donald and Jill Treadwell wrote that the poem has "humor that hits home for most professional writers".<ref name="Treadwell"/>', 68 => '', 69 => 'It inspired the children's poem "Would yew bee happy two no it".<ref name="Broadbent"/>', 70 => '', 71 => '==References==', 72 => '', 73 => '{{reflist|refs=', 74 => '', 75 => '<ref name="Nordquist">{{cite web|last=Nordquist|first=Richard|title=The Spell Checker Poem – The facts behind "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" |work=[[ThoughtCo]] |publisher=Dotdash |location=New York City |date=5 March 2019 |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/spell-checker-poem-by-mark-eckman-1692348 |access-date=11 August 2020 }}</ref>', 76 => '', 77 => '<ref name="Shackle">{{cite web|last=Shackle|first=Eric|title=How To Win A Pullet Surprise |website=Open Writing |date=5 March 2012 |url=https://www.openwriting.com/archives/2012/03/how_to_win_a_pu_1.php |access-date=11 August 2020 }}</ref>', 78 => '', 79 => '<ref name="Johannesburg">{{cite web |url=https://www.uj.ac.za/corporateservices/languageunit/Documents/English%20Style%20Guide%202014%20Additions%20August%202014.pdf |year=2014 | title=English Style Guide |publisher=[[University of Johannesburg]] |pages=3–4 }}</ref>', 80 => '', 81 => '<ref name="Treadwell">{{cite book|last1=Treadwell|first1=Donald |last2=Treadwell |first2=Jill B. |title=Public Relations Writing: Principles in Pratice |page=35 |publisher=SAGE Publications |location= |year=1999 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Public_Relations_Writing/R9vE2uTsq9sC |ISBN=9780761945994 }}</ref>', 82 => '', 83 => '<ref name="Broadbent">{{cite book|last=Broadbent|first=Peggy |title=Early Childhood Programs: Opportunities for Academic, Cognitive and Personal Success |chapter= |page=106 |publisher=AuthorHouse |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=YpHyYs5ctgsC |ISBN=1452004587 }}</ref>', 84 => '', 85 => '}}', 86 => '', 87 => '==External links==', 88 => '*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260478585_Candidate_for_a_pullet_surprise "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise"] at [[ResearchGate]]', 89 => '', 90 => '{{authority control}}' ]