Adventures With Spell Check

I was running Spell Check on my latest novel, and everything was going swell.  Then it ground to a stop at selfie.  This brilliant software -- confident in its ability to identify all of the letters in a word as complex as onomatopoeia -- found one of the most commonplace words of the early 21^st century discombobulating.

 

Spell Check’s alternatives included elfie and Sheltie.

 

Elfie?  I ran a Google search.  Urban Dictionary calls it a selfie of an elf.  Elfie can also refer to an elephant taking its own photo -- which proves that animals can be just as silly as humans.

 

Sheltie.  An amazingly smart breed.  Can a Sheltie take a selfie?  Would she use her nose or her paws to push the button on a cell phone?

 

I worry about accidentally clicking on Change instead of Ignore and turning my stories into gibberish:

 

     “Look at this guy’s elfie.  He never smiles.  He looks like Buster Keaton.” 

 

    “She’s so vain.  Every time she goes to the salon, she posts a Sheltie on Instagram.”