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For all your moroting magazine needs...
My colleague Clutchslip took this photo in WH Smith (sorry, I mean WHSmith):The particular moroting magazines I work for aren't on display here. Wait, there's one of them in the rocner... ...
Typo: lime of communication
This is from recent raw copy:They kept an open lime of communication all the way through the process.What a brilliant fruit-based typo! Obviously, the writer meant "open line of communication".Limes: Now we're talkin' ...
Green shoots of recovery
Here's a rather apposite typo or spelling mistake from recent raw copy:However, those looking for green shoots of recovery should be wearyOf course, that final word should be 'wary' – probably. ...
Freelancere!
I spotted this picture caption in thelondonpaper a week or so ago:When I leave my current job, I think I'd like to become a freelancere. ...
'Boarder crossing'
An amusing typo in recent raw copy:The stop is packed with the kind of facilities that any sane driver and operator would want near one of the major boarder crossings in EuropeWho uses boarder crossings – children travelling back from boarding scho...
