Thanks to James Harbeck for the punny board title.
What are your favourite risqué typos that almost got through? #SpellcheckWillNotSaveYou
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Thanks to James Harbeck for the punny board title.
What are your favourite risqué typos that almost got through? #SpellcheckWillNotSaveYou
I once worked on an IT proposal in which we claimed our software would integrate shamelessly with their’s.
Damn. Didn’t catch that apostrophe either.
This made me laugh out loud.
My worst fear as a government editor was “public” for “public,” especially when talking about “statutes,” which occasionally became “statues.” A pubic statue is not what you want to mention when explaining a new law to people.
And looking at my comment, I see that the horror was so strong, I can hardly type “pubic” anymore. Weeks of dedicated practice, I assure you!
I’m afraid it’s the c word and the one letter different word for ‘tally’ or ‘sum’. Yikes. I daren’t even use the legit word. It’s a very common problem.
It’s not bawdy, but I often mistakenly write “I hope this is sueful” instead of “useful.” I really hope NOTHING I write is “sueful”! As a lifelong educator, my other favorite personal habitual typo is “eduaction” (instead of “education”)–a term I wish I’d trademarked years ago!
Cookbook: wrote “cuming” instead of “cumin.” At least the spell checker would have caught it.
I was reviewing an “MMM” presentation when I hit the slide about a silicon spray for “loving parts.” What, a sex spray??!!? Took a moment or two before I realized that “l” should be an “m.” MOVING parts.
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