Chris
January 19, 2007, 3:36am
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Here are a few amusing typos I’ve encountered in my work:
“Dear Sir or Madman:” (Opening for a letter)
“I have been whoring for the company for five years” (Should be “working”)
“After I entered Arse, …” (Should be Ares, a company name)
Just thought I’d share.
My favorite is still the series of “pubic opinion polls” one of the English-language newspapers ran awhile back.
Are you sure they are typos ?
When closing a letter, I have often typed “Best Retards” inadvertently instead of “Best Regards”.
Fortunately, I believe I’ve caught all of them before clicking Send.
Dragonbones:
Irishstud
Thats more of a Freudian slip, and I wouldn’t blame ANYONE for making it.
Anyway, I was on the bus the other day and there was an ad for some coffee shop.
“Healthy & testy”, it said.
I took a pic with my POS phone, but it’s hardly viewable.
Chris
January 19, 2007, 5:28pm
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A couple more, where the meaning turned out just the opposite as what was intended:
“I hereby offer my undeserved recommendation” (should be “unreserved”)
“It is worth nothing that…” (should be “noting”)
gooner
January 20, 2007, 3:02am
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not a typo, but funny. Killin Infant School
myury
January 20, 2007, 3:45am
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This is utterly brilliant. I laughed for about 5 minutes. Thank you.
Error or not, it really is a wonderful, wonderful opening. In fact, the reader questioning whether it is truely an error is the best part.
Chris
October 13, 2010, 11:16am
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How about this one I came across today, written by a jazz student:
“My love for jizz grew stronger every day.”
The company’s boob value is up 14% this year. (Should be ‘book’.)
Chris
October 13, 2010, 11:48am
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Tzu Chi, a Busshist charity organization
In obituary: “Devoted Sister. Beloved cunt.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDiZLrTHX4
Curb is easily my favorite show.
Chris
October 13, 2010, 4:14pm
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I ended up typing “Untied States” one too many times. It has now been added to Word’s autocorrect list.
Since the hundreds of sub-evolutionals for whom I edit only notice a problem if Word flags it, all kinds of crap gets through.
I probably change form to from, forth to fourth, and fist to first 9 or 10 times a week.
But funny?
Well, I got this last week.
“Operation is complicated and the user feels incontinent.”
Yes, the structure is screwy even without the misspelling.
Chris
November 5, 2010, 8:51am
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Apparently the New York Times not long ago released an article about the “Large Hardon Collider”!
Chris
November 5, 2010, 10:18am
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And from just now: “super blab skills” (superb lab skills)
Chris
March 8, 2011, 10:31am
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Instead of 口試 (oral exam), a client wrote 狗式 (doggy style)