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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: momnopp Date: 25 Nov 02 - 10:36 PM You can create your very own silliness using the "Dialectizer" CLICK HERE and GIGGLE My favorite is still the "Swedish Chef" translation option... Peace, JudyO |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: bbc Date: 25 Nov 02 - 06:23 PM The most wonderfully ironic one I think I've ever seen was on a webpage--an ad for a Christian songbook. They had messed up the title to read: "The Hymn Fake Book - A Collection Of Over 900 Mulit-Demoninational Hymns." The idea of a Christian songbook w/ "demon" in the title really got me! The "mulit" was interesting, too! bbc |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST Date: 25 Nov 02 - 05:24 PM You'll find the Engrish website here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: MARINER Date: 25 Nov 02 - 01:58 PM I have a similar one to Little Hawks, which came from an obituary in my local paper. It stated the late lamented lady, "Was a fiend to all" They too dropped the "r" out of friend. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,Ordinary Average Guy Date: 25 Nov 02 - 12:01 PM There is a site for which I no longer have the link. It is a collection of Ingrish, Japanese translations that are so incorrect as to be very humorous. I'm sure a search will lead you there if you want a good laugh. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,pavane Date: 25 Nov 02 - 11:56 AM I still have a very old magazine advertising jobs at WANG computers - at least that's what they meant to put, but the last letter came out as K - in large type. Not far wrong, from what I heard. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,cropley Date: 25 Nov 02 - 11:06 AM The genuine headline "Newly-weds face mounting problems" in Private Eye years ago, and the (possibly apocryphal) typo in the Irish newspaper article about Queen Victoria's visit to Dublin at the end of the 19th century that mentioned "the wonderful prospect of the Queen pissing over the bridge". |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Fingerbuster Date: 25 Nov 02 - 10:12 AM My cousin who lives in Riga, Latvia, told me that some years ago when the Baltic states were still in the vile grip of the Soviets, the man himself; Stalin, was to visit a huge manufacturing plant in a place called Ogre (pronounced - o'grey). To mark this auspicious day 1000 badges were printed with the word "Stalin" on one side, his gruesome face in the centre, and "Ogre" on the other side. They went like hot cakes! And were all gone by the time the soviet authorities noticed the error. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Nov 02 - 01:35 AM Best one I've seen was in the Orillia paper...a headline stating "CASTRO MAKING FIENDS THROUGHOUT SOUTH AMERICA". They left the "r" out of "friends". They also ran a nice photo of a jackrabbit once, with a caption underneath which said "this ten-metre replica of the narwhal may be seen at the 'Giants of the Sea' display at the Royal Ontario Museum". I have no explanation for this, but the Orillia paper can be a little odd. - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Peter Kasin Date: 24 Nov 02 - 10:08 PM In a marine sciences museum in Virginia I went to last week, I just had to snap a photo of a typo on a sign describing a Yellow-Bellied Turtle. "Food: Manly aquatic plants, some aquatic animals." Chanteyranger |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Haruo Date: 24 Nov 02 - 09:33 PM Some time back in a thread on Funny Road Signs I posted this: Speaking of orthographically challenged stippers: Years ago, the then First Interstate Bank (now subsumed by Wells Fargo) was putting up a big building in downtown Seattle, and all around the construction site they posted proud-parent-like signs announcing: Future home of... INTESTATE CENTER I was working in a law firm kitty-corner (that's catercorner for the rest of you) from it, and the lawyers all thought it was hilarious. Liland |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Mr Happy Date: 24 Nov 02 - 08:57 PM years ago i bought a cheap bowsaw fom a hardware shop. when i first used used it, i noticed that stamped on the frame was 'Made in Chian'! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: CraigS Date: 08 Nov 02 - 06:58 PM There was one from a Wellington, NZ, newspaper which was reported in Private Eye in the late 60s. It has stuck in my memory ever since. I can't quote it exactly, but two stories had been crossed up. The result was that, at a presentation ceremony, the Mayor of the South Island had been found by police standing on a haystack abusing sheep! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: DADGBE Date: 08 Nov 02 - 05:37 PM I once saw a stack of holiday candles in a store which specialized in inexpensive imported goods. The packages were all labeled "Baybelly Candles." |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Nigel Parsons Date: 08 Nov 02 - 04:54 PM Whilst not a typo, one of the best headlines I have seen was in one of the 'Dog' newspapers, (Dog World, or Our Dogs) shortly after the Kennel Club had failed to rule on whether docking (tail removal)should be allowed for certain breeds. The Headline ? "Kennel Club fudge the docking issue" I am sure the available spoonerism must have been deliberate! Nigel |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,Dan Kelly Date: 08 Nov 02 - 04:18 PM There was a lawsuit in the news once. A legal secretary had typed a pounds sterling symbol instead of U.S. dollars symbol in some seven figure settlement document filed with the court. Kept the lawyers busy a lot longer. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Jacob B Date: 08 Nov 02 - 04:09 PM The best type I've ever seen was in the newsletter for a concert series. The concert promoter made many typos, but this time he surpassed himself. The concert was to be by the Irish traditional music group called "How To Change A Flat Tire". Somehow, the promoter morphed that into "How To Fix A Flat Trio". |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Schantieman Date: 08 Nov 02 - 01:44 PM My late lamented father-in-law was an engineer. Many years ago (early 70s, I guess) he designed a large piece of machinery and, to avoid unnecessary expense and work, had a model made first. On the day it was due to be delivered, there was a message that his model had arrived. "Splendid", he said, "bring it up to my office." "Er, that's a bit difficult, Mr Cope. It's on a low loader." came the reply. The workshop had missed the bit at the top that said 'all dimensions in millimetres' and made it in inches! Steve |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Bert Date: 08 Nov 02 - 01:27 PM I used to work for a company like that Lin, only they made conveyors. Mistakes on an engineering drawing usually result in loads of expensive rework but they never did learn. They just kept making things wrong and then had to go back and fix them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Lin in Kansas Date: 08 Nov 02 - 01:28 AM I used to work in a word processing department for a medium-sized law firm in Washington state. Personnel in our department were responsible for proofreading their own documents. This is frequently a good way to miss typos, as your brain knows what you intended to type and skips over misspellings. One of our lawyers filed the paperwork in Olympia for a "pubicly held corporation." The documents had been read by at least three people: the word processor, the filing lawyer's secretary, and the lawyer himself. All of us missed it... Lin |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,C-Winter Date: 07 Nov 02 - 02:01 PM Does everyone remember the era of "ping-pong diplomacy"? IIRC, it was not only table-tennis wizards that the People's Republic sent over, but athletes of many sorts. Back then, I saw a program listing in TV Guide announcing that viewers could tune in and watch "the Chinese acrobrats". |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: JohnInKansas Date: 07 Nov 02 - 01:47 PM In the early '70s, the telephone company launched a new slogan: "Let Your Fingers Do The Walking - Through the Yellow Pages." This slogan, and several spin-off variants, appeared on billboards everwhere. They also inserted related ads for themselves as "fillers" in classified ad (Yellow Pages) section of new directories. Coincidentally(?) the 1971 "major replacement" of the telephone directory was the first to include "Massage Parlors" as "legitimate businesses" in the Yellow Pages. Prominently featured on the first page of listings for "Massage Parlors" was the 'phone company ad: "Imagine 30 million walking fingers." I thought it "nicely appropriate," although the company was reported to have taken "disciplinary action" to assure "such errors" would not be repeated. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Fossil Date: 07 Nov 02 - 12:22 PM We once employed an agency that shortly afterwards changed its logo and letterheads to read "X (better spare their blushes) Pubic Relations". They sent me several mailings (which I carefully preserved) before discreetly inserting the missing "l". |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Melani Date: 07 Nov 02 - 12:21 PM I committed a strange sentance myself last week, but it was rather subtle, so I let it stand. After I wrote, "Whaling afforded black men employment opportunities they did not have on shore," one of my co-workers pointed out that of course it did, since one seldom hunts whales ON shore. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: mooman Date: 07 Nov 02 - 11:07 AM Again not a typo but a radio announcement...from Radio Malawi I believe some years ago: "The time is now 11 am Greenwich... ...meantime here is the news" moo |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Bill D Date: 07 Nov 02 - 10:49 AM bert... them 'floppies' just need a pic or two of a cute cheerleader on each one.....virtual Viagra |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: SharonA Date: 07 Nov 02 - 08:49 AM Petr: You're close, but that Bible's typo was in the 7th commandment (Exodus 20:14), which then read "Thou shalt commit adultery." See this page on the Wicked Bible: http://www.catholicapologetics.net/wicked_bible.htm (click on link: http://www.catholicapologetics.net/wicked_bible.htm) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,steve Date: 07 Nov 02 - 08:26 AM I like the one about the Goons. A fan wrote in asking for a singed photograph. I believe they obliged. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Bert Date: 06 Nov 02 - 11:03 PM Hard disk is alright Bill. It's floppy disk that I'm careful about. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Genie Date: 06 Nov 02 - 09:30 PM I worked for a while in a day care center called "Cub Corner Early Childhood Learning Center." The owner was livid when the Yellow Pages made a typo in her (rather expensive) ad, so that it read "...Early Childhood Learing Center." (Even though that's not how you spell "leering," it would sound the same.) The phone company would not give her any kind of refund on the ad. (They're the phone company. They didn't have to.) Genie |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Bill D Date: 06 Nov 02 - 09:05 PM I am VERY careful when I type "hard disk"....not everyone is.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,Mary Katherine Date: 06 Nov 02 - 07:13 PM This was back in the 70s: a local blues record store published a monthly newsletter for its customers, announcing new releases and sale items. An album titled "The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt" lost a letter and was advertised as "The Immoral Mississippi John Hurt." Mary Katherine |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Peter T. Date: 06 Nov 02 - 06:49 PM "Arrange your private parts here for Christmas" is one that I saw recently on a Portuguese building on College Street in Toronto. The "y" had gone missing. yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,petr Date: 06 Nov 02 - 04:55 PM being In the printing business Ive seen tons of them. but probably historys most notorious typo was the so-called Devils BIble in the 16th century (where the 'Not' was left out of the 6th commandment) THou shalt kill. on another note, our local set dancing group made up little posters advertising the set dances our group met once a week, with a drop in fee ($3.50). except the ad ended by saying for a drop-in feel call Aizlynn & phone number. petr. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,Tim Date: 06 Nov 02 - 04:26 PM In the 80's, I lived in Rhode Island. The megaplex in Warwick had a giant marquee announcing the new Star Trek movie "The Search for Spark". Undoubtedly not a typo per se -- just Vo Dilan phonetics. No offense to the Biggest Little, I still luv ya. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Dave Swan Date: 06 Nov 02 - 04:06 PM A friend of mine lived in Whittier, California and commented on the frequent typos in mail addressed to him. Just below the W on the keyboard lies the culprit. D |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 06 Nov 02 - 03:58 PM Not exactly a typo, but Alice's story of the tee-shirt misprint reminded me of it. When I was working in the college bookstore business, a paper products manufacturer in Atlanta took an order for several thousand spiral-bound notebooks from Florida State University. The books were to be printed with F.S.U.'s name and university seal in the school colors, "garnet and gold". When the order arrived, the books had the correct school name and seal, but they had been printed in orange and blue, the school colors of F.S.U.'s hated arch rival, The University of Florida. Of course, the order had to be redone. The store I was working in bought the defective notebooks from the paper company for a ridiculously low price and we sold them as novelty items. They actually sold like hotcakes. Bruce |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: SharonA Date: 06 Nov 02 - 02:28 PM Bert: LOL! Nah, I'm pretty sure it was an honest mistake, especially since there was also a Shepherd's Stall set (misspelled "Shepher's Stall") that included a figurine of "A Shepher's"! On the Tonight Show on Monday nights, Jay Leno has a feature called "Headlines" in which he displays various newspaper clippings with the sort of misspellings and double-meanings seen on this thread. This past Monday, he showed a newspaper ad for a business in Spring House, PA that was described as being across the street from the "Puke Restaurant". It's actually called the Pike Restaurant, but having eaten a few meals there I have to say that, in this case, the typo may indeed have been deliberately made! I have an egg carton that I've kept for years simply because the brand name was printed at the same size as the word "eggs" and in a very similar font, so that it appears to be a carton of "Wolf Eggs". |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Pooby Date: 06 Nov 02 - 02:28 PM When I'm not Pooby the folkie, I'm a full-time newspaper editor, so I've seen bushels of typos (probably more than a few that I'm personally to blame for). But hands down, my all-time favorite (must be, because it dates back about 30 years) was from a New York Times article on the wedding of Tricky Dick's daughter Tricia Nixon to a guy named Edward Cox. A couple paragraphs into the story (but still on Page 1) the reporter was describing Tricia's attire, but a few words or so got left out. The sentence ended up reading: "The bride's gown was decorated with white Cox...." |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Joe_F Date: 06 Nov 02 - 02:17 PM The worst typo I have intercepted in my career as a copyeditor was in an article on modeling the spread of AIDS. It said that "viral counts were high", except that I had to supply the o. Some years ago Time Magazine perpetrated a delightfully distracting word division, strictly according to the rules, in a discussion of arms control. It went something like ...it no longer matters which combatant has the bigger arse- nal... In less than a saccade, a vision of sumo wrestlers flashed into my mind. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Deda Date: 06 Nov 02 - 02:15 PM An acquaintance of mine whose last name is Claypool got mail address to Mr. Claypoop. And then there was the Black Angus restaurant in Denver, which I've mentioned before. One of its neon letters blew out, leaving a big sign reading "Black Anus restaurant". |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Stilly River Sage Date: 06 Nov 02 - 01:59 PM Many of the Wendy's hamburger restaurants in the Fort Worth area are owned by a single franchiser, and someone at the head office had an embossed sign made to stick on the drive-through window at each restaurant. It says No Checks Excepted After complaining many times and getting no response, I finally stuck a Sharpie permanent marker in my glove box, and when I drive through one that I haven't edited yet, I leave with it looking like No Checks |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Nemesis Date: 06 Nov 02 - 01:41 PM IN the Daily Times of Malawi when I lived there re. what was on at the local flea pit cinema " .....STARRING CLINK EASTWOOD!" The next day there was an errata message, apologising and advising us that the advert should have said " ..... STARRING CUNT EASTWOOD" |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Bert Date: 06 Nov 02 - 01:36 PM Sharon, perhaps it was written deliberately by someone who wanted to buy a beer on a Sunday. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Watson Date: 06 Nov 02 - 12:52 PM Big banner on the side of a mobile phone shop over the road from my office says they sell "excessories". |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Burke Date: 06 Nov 02 - 12:43 PM I once sent a message to an e-mail discussion group about my 'bother-in-law.' I got several very confusing comments on my opinion of him. My replies to them gave the senders an additional laugh before I finally realized my mistake. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,allen woodpecker Date: 06 Nov 02 - 12:24 PM Similarly a headline, rather than a typo. A local Councillor in Carrickfergus (N. Ireland) was both supporting and opening a bowel disorder, Crohns disease type medical unit in the area (maybe it was a bowel cancer charity hospice, i don't quite recall) and was photographed at the opening under the headline "Local dignatory supports bowel movement". a.w. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: HuwG Date: 06 Nov 02 - 12:23 PM Quoted on the "News Quiz" on BBC Radio 4: "For sale: Kennel [US = Doghouse]. Would suit medium- to large-sized dog. Very turdy." |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: Willie-O Date: 06 Nov 02 - 12:14 PM The motto of Perth Ontario is "Make Haste Slowly". It's not a typo, they think they mean it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The worst typo I've ever seen From: GUEST,Tim Date: 06 Nov 02 - 12:04 PM Ahhhh, that's a classic. In college, our course offerings one year included "Pubic Management". Hard to believe that wasn't intentional subversion. |