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While visiting lego.com, I sometimes see incorrect words mixed in, here
and there. I think it's kinda cute. But yesterday, I noticed -three-
typos in one product's description alone.
Now I'm beginning to wonder how this happens. Is TLC using OCR to get
catalog text online? is it translation software? a sloppy typist? ...OR,
are they intentionally inserting subliminal messages?! Whatever the case
may be, the third one made me chuckle.
from www.lego.com:
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Item#: 5724
Gameboy Color
Ages: 6+
Price: USD 19.99
Design and build your own stunt racetracks!
LEGO brings you ultimate stint racing with a twist – you design the
stunt course! [...] Once your course is complete, hop in and
experience the excitement yourself – but watch our for villainous stunt
racing opponents who shop at nothing to win!
-Suz
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| (...) LOL! Ha ha! (...) Or maybe they're using a bad-quality laptop like me - It's fairly hard to type on this hunk of I-can't-download-3-M...s-anymore! (That's pretty sad considering I have only a couple things installed: StarCraft, (a computer (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I have noticed this more and more in every branch of media: catalogues, magazines, novels, etc. I think it's due to the reliance on computer spell-checking instead of honest-to-goodness proof-reading. The biggest errors I've seen involve using (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| "Suzanne Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:HEHsJz.2F6@lugnet.com... (...) Have you ever read the descriptions for the firs Bionicle creatures? They're all mad-libs: With _adjective_ _noun_, _name_ are giant _animal_-like creatures. (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Hey I found two typos in a 2002 Summer S@H advertisement for 6740 Xtreme Tower -- this is what it said: Xtreme stunts start here! The Xtreme Tower is the center of the action on LEGO Island. While Sky practices her skateboard tricks on the railings, (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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