Recent Posts Tagged With 'typo'

• A Generation Hat is Ignored and Scorned

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 13:25 in typo, headline, national newspaper

  I did mention this great typo on Twitter yesterday but I think it's worth recording for posterity on the blog. You never know, the Daily Express might get around to fixing it at some point:Daily Express: A Generation Hat is Ignored and Scorned ...

• Typo: lime of communication

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 10:30 in fruit, typo, spelling mistake, raw copy, line 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' ...

• Typo: foul-lane carriageway

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 11:39 in typo, local newspapers, sentence first, galway city tribune

  Stan from the excellent language blog Sentence first has sent in this scan from the Galway City Tribune, pointing out the typo at the end of the first par (as usual, click on the image to see a larger version):He writes:The road in question is a nice...

• Green shoots of recovery

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 10:57 in typo, weary, spelling mistake, raw copy, green shoots

  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. ...

• Terry Pratchett and Peach Pie Street

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 11:09 in metro, typo, terry pratchett, street signs, local newspapers, peach pie street

  The novelist – and knight – Terry Pratchett is a former sub, and so here at The Engine Room we follow his career with some interest (as regular readers of the blog will already know).On Monday I spotted the following in the Metro free paper (clic...

• 'Boarder crossing'

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 07:52 in typo, border crossing, spelling mistake, raw copy, 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...

• Two premises, one premise

  Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 11:36 in typo, premises, premise, raw copy

  From recent raw copy (I've taken out the name of the manufacturer and its location):On 12 February, 17 HGV trailers were seized at the site of a materials-handling equipment manufacturer and another nearby premiseIt's probably just a typo but I reall...