Re: Amusing typo (Was: Re: Cherokee readers)

From: Peter T. Daniels
Message: 3707
Date: 2004-12-03

Doug Ewell wrote:
>
> Nicholas Bodley <nbodley at speakeasy dot net> wrote:
>
> > Well, "typo" is an euphemism for a misspelling;
>
> Not always. Lots of people type "teh" when they mean "the," at least
> once in a while. Extremely few people, even poor spellers, would
> actually believe "teh" is the correct spelling.
>
> My most common typo, unfortunately, is "charatcer." I simply cannot get
> my fingers to hit the C before the T, unless I deliberately slow down
> for the word. This is especially annoying because so many of the
> e-mails I write are about characters.

Mines is <langauge>. It's the only useful thing I've found about Word's
"AutoCorrect."
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...

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