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Re: All your typo are belong to us?
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lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 7 May 2003 04:51:51 GMT
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In lugnet.fun, Michael Bosch writes:
> In lugnet.fun, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> > 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.
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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 homonyms, so maybe it's just the poor
> education system in the US.
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> The current tome I'm reading has about 10 typos, deles, inserts, etc, and
> I'm only 300 pages into it. Compare this to books bought 10-15 years ago
> when computers weren't as prevailent. There you know a mistake is the
> type-setter's, not the "writer's."
>
> Mike
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> PS: Disregard any typos or stuff in this message:)
When I was the editor of my college paper, I put in the quotation under the
index key--
"Spelling slips and grammatical gaffs are purposely placed for the
perfectionists to point out."
I tried my derndest to get ridda all speeling misteaks, but I'd invariably
get an e-mail from the english department after every single issue listing
the 'found' errors.
Dave K
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