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| Righter | Posted – 8/10/2007 5:10:13 PM | show profile Anyone else get a weird pleasure from finding typos in big name pubs? They can result in some funny sentences. My personal favorite is one I caught when I was copy editing for a regional..."thongs of" instead of "throngs of..." I admit I would have been tempted to let it go had it not been my name on the masthead. |
| Janetblueyes | Posted – 8/10/2007 8:13:50 PM | show profile This wasn't in a big name publication, but a classified in my local paper ran a help wanted ad from a catering company. The ad read,"Seeking panty waitresses." I'm pretty sure they meant party waitresses. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/10/2007 8:45:22 PM | show profile Oh my! Mine was in the classifieds: German shepherd puppies for sale, will consider selling Mother also. Call 555... |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 8/10/2007 11:14:25 PM | show profile This is similar to a previous Angela Dobbs post. Oh wait, I'm Angela Dobbs. So, I will repost my favorite typo my designer made on a brochure that almost went out to one million people: Cocktober 12 to 17, 2006 After wiping my tears of laughter from the proof (then showing it to everyone in the department), I handed the edit back to the designer who sheepishly fixed his error. Hahahaha.....Cocktober... |
| keltoi | Posted – 8/11/2007 12:13:11 AM | show profile I just posted this one today on the Warmonger NYT thread. It's from, of all places, Friday's E&P: "The McClatchy article provides this background: 'President Dick Cheney several weeks ago proposed launching airstrikes at suspected training camps in Iraq run by the Quds force, a special unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to two U.S. officials who are involved in Iran policy'." |
| foto | Posted – 8/11/2007 11:54:07 PM | show profile So Janet, did you apply for the panty waitress job? |
| Janetblueyes | Posted – 8/12/2007 2:14:29 PM | show profile Foto- I didn't apply. I don't own enough panties..... |
| foto | Posted – 8/12/2007 9:31:27 PM | show profile well J, maybe there's a job out there where you don't them at all! |
| lenagrove | Posted – 8/13/2007 9:16:30 AM | show profile "Take a fiend to lunch" I assume they meant friend, but this was funnier. |
| recovering_jersey_girl | Posted – 8/13/2007 10:05:41 AM | show profile When I worked for a trade pub back in the day, we had a segment about seeing-eye dogs, and how they were permitted "in all pubic places." Whoops. Although, given the way some dogs greet people, maybe not too far off the mark! |
| recovering_jersey_girl | Posted – 8/13/2007 10:05:56 AM | show profile At my first job, we had a segment about seeing-eye dogs, and how they were permitted "in all pubic places." Whoops. Although, given the way some dogs greet people, maybe not too far off the mark! |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/13/2007 10:59:26 AM | show profile Yet another example of why leaving the L out of public is so doggone dangerous. And I think I will take a fiend to lunch -- delightful. |
| nellie bly | Posted – 8/13/2007 11:17:52 AM | show profile this was not a typo but a college prank. The post about the "L" in public reminded me. .. Late one night we moved around the letters on the signboard in the administration bldg. PUBLIC RELATIONS became PUBIC ELATIONS. FOREIGN STUDIES was shortened to FOREIGN STUDS. Several others I can't recall. the next day we kept walking by. No one noticed till late afternoon, when all of the letters came down! What a giggle! |
| foto | Posted – 8/13/2007 11:59:17 PM | show profile I mentioned this one on an earlier post. I once saw a sign outside a bakery that I assume was trying to say "all baking done on premises." But they misspelled it and wrote "all baking done on penises." On the other hand, maybe it wasn't a mistake. |
| eggcream | Posted – 8/17/2007 12:20:24 PM | show profile | email poster Untied It seems I've developed a case of politically sensitive fingertips: These, days, whenever I refer to the USA, I can't seem to type anything but Untied States. Luckily I've never gone to press this way, but I've seen pubs that have. |
| eggcream | Posted – 8/17/2007 12:20:27 PM | show profile | email poster Untied It seems I've developed a case of politically sensitive fingertips: These, days, whenever I refer to the USA, I can't seem to type anything but Untied States. Luckily I've never gone to press this way, but I've seen pubs that have. |
| zftcg | Posted – 8/17/2007 4:36:25 PM | show profile >I mentioned this one on an earlier post. I once saw a sign >outside a bakery that I assume was trying to say "all baking >done on premises." But they misspelled it and wrote "all >baking done on penises." On the other hand, maybe it wasn't >a mistake. Reminds me of an old joke, the punchline of which is, "You shoulda been here last week when they made doughnuts!" |
| wineaux | Posted – 8/17/2007 5:15:05 PM | show profile Panty waitress!!! Was it in L.A.? They could have been entirely serious. I once saw an ad their advertising cleaning ladies who only wore lingerie. Panty-clad women holding a silver tray full of canapes isn't too much of a stretch, for thongs of people. I once read in a local rag about a hometown high school girl heading off to an Ivy, and one of her attributes listed was that she consistently atheistically inclined. God Bless America. |
| wineaux | Posted – 8/17/2007 5:16:54 PM | show profile Panty waitress!!! Was it in L.A.? They could have been entirely serious. I once saw an ad there advertising cleaning ladies who only wore lingerie. Panty-clad women holding a silver tray full of canapes isn't too much of a stretch, for thongs of people. I once read in a local rag about a hometown high school girl heading off to an Ivy, and one of her attributes listed was that she was consistently atheistically inclined. God Bless America. sorry, had to fix my awful typos myself. |
| ferdinand | Posted – 8/18/2007 8:48:19 PM | show profile My favorite typo is one I saw on a sign outside a Chinese restaurant that had just opened in my neighborhood. It said, "We served breakfast." |
| nellie bly | Posted – 8/21/2007 11:54:38 AM | show profile this thread is malfunctioning. 20 posts listed, only 18 show up. this is #21- a test |
| nellie bly | Posted – 8/21/2007 12:00:03 PM | show profile ok, I'll now attempt to recreate my lost post. it was about an ad touting INGENUOUS ENTERTAINMENT....when they really meant INGENIOUS.The ad appeared month after month after month. I wasn't going to spoil the fun that's why I never use the words INGENUOUS or DISINGENUOUS in my articles. Many folks simply do not know the difference between INGENIOUS and INGENUOUS. |
| SpinDr810 | Posted – 8/28/2007 4:23:44 PM | show profile LOL! Cocktober---I have been laughing for at least 3 minutes about this. I think that means my day is sad. I know I have seen a million typo's but I can't think of the best one at the moment... |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 8/28/2007 4:45:14 PM | show profile Another one...but I made it myself last week after eating a peach: "Peach on Earth" for a corporate holiday greeting card. Yeah, everyone got a kick out of that one when it went into design... |
