Best typo ever - Page 2

VydorScope · 01-31-2012, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

You could fix that by saying "They're their computers"

"They're their computers over there"

Bilbo1967 · 01-31-2012, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

You could fix that by saying "They're their computers"

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

"They're their computers over there"

EileenG · 01-31-2012, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyh2000

OK, I give in. What was it supposed to be?

Andrew

Space vampire.

altworld · 01-31-2012, 09:45 PM

Some times the oddest things get through

Filark · 01-31-2012, 11:32 PM

There? They're their computers.

Bilbo1967 · 02-01-2012, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wraylewis

Ah yes, which reanimates the ghost of George Shaw who pointed out that
ghoti phonetically describes a scaled creature with gills which lives underwater.

GH as in tough

O as in women

TI as in inspiration

Always liked that one.

Don't forget that the main purpose of the English language is to confuse and confound foreigners!

morriss003 · 02-01-2012, 04:51 PM

I had to edit "Kate's Movie Star" when I realize that I had written about a magic trick where a boy was going to "pull a rabbit out of a house."

HarryT · 02-02-2012, 03:35 PM

I don't know about it being the "best" typo, but my most embarrasing typo (and one which could have landed me in serious hot water) was when, after borrowing some programming reference books from a lady I work with, I sent her an e-mail in which I thanked her for letting me see her books... and mistyped the "k" in "books" as a "b".

Fortunately she saw the funny side of it, or I could have been in big trouble

.

My mind must have been on other things as I was typing the e-mail. Never a good idea.

ScalyFreak · 02-02-2012, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I don't know about it being the "best" typo, but my most embarrasing typo (and one which could have landed me in serious hot water) was when, after borrowing some programming reference books from a lady I work with, I sent her an e-mail in which I thanked her for letting me see her books... and mistyped the "k" in "books" as a "b".

Fortunately she saw the funny side of it, or I could have been in big trouble

.

My mind must have been on other things as I was typing the e-mail. Never a good idea.

I did something similar at work once. I typed up the entire quote, the sales proposal, and the after-the-buy service offer. And then I replaced the "g" in "Best Regards" at the end of my email, with a "t".

Thankfully, I'd been working with that customer for long enough he took it as a joke and laughed it off...

EileenG · 02-03-2012, 03:03 PM

When I was working in a catering business years ago, I had to bill large numbers of customers for meals and refreshments. I was working fast one day, and sent out over two dozen bills for "Bra and sinner".

sonofpendragon · 02-04-2012, 04:02 AM

Or you could expand the whole thing - "Those? Oh, they belong to the people standing just over there."

banjobama · 02-04-2012, 01:54 PM

In an email to a prospective employer, I accidentally typed, "I look forward to heaving from you." Possibly a little truth coming out there?

I did catch it before sending the email.

phloxy · 02-10-2012, 03:51 PM

Along the lines of HarryT's story above, I had a neighbor who worked in city codes department. With great hilarity she one day recounted a story about sending out an e-mail to a resident regarding some construction on his property. The moment before she hit "send" she noticed a typo (an "i" instead of an "e") in the subject line of the message, which was supposed to read "Regarding the size of your deck."

John Carroll · 02-17-2012, 05:13 PM

Sometimes typos make cool new words. I typed "increduloudly" last month.

orlok · 02-17-2012, 05:31 PM

My favourite is one my wife coined (accidently):

"That woman is obeastly fat!"

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01-31-2012, 09:45 PM	#19
altworld Evangelist Posts: 495 Karma: 746472 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Deep in Maryland Device: Android G1	Some times the oddest things get through

01-31-2012, 11:32 PM	#20
Filark Armed with a smile :) Posts: 1,421 Karma: 2463560 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: California, USA Device: enTourage eDGe & Pocket eDGe, Samsung Galaxy Note II	There? They're their computers.

02-01-2012, 04:51 PM	#22
morriss003 Evangelist Posts: 438 Karma: 3409790 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maui Device: kindle	I had to edit "Kate's Movie Star" when I realize that I had written about a magic trick where a boy was going to "pull a rabbit out of a house."

02-02-2012, 03:35 PM	#23
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I don't know about it being the "best" typo, but my most embarrasing typo (and one which could have landed me in serious hot water) was when, after borrowing some programming reference books from a lady I work with, I sent her an e-mail in which I thanked her for letting me see her books... and mistyped the "k" in "books" as a "b". Fortunately she saw the funny side of it, or I could have been in big trouble . My mind must have been on other things as I was typing the e-mail. Never a good idea.

02-03-2012, 03:03 PM	#25
EileenG Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 7462052 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dublin Device: My phone	When I was working in a catering business years ago, I had to bill large numbers of customers for meals and refreshments. I was working fast one day, and sent out over two dozen bills for "Bra and sinner".

02-04-2012, 04:02 AM	#26
sonofpendragon Member Retired Posts: 56 Karma: 696290 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle for PC	Or you could expand the whole thing - "Those? Oh, they belong to the people standing just over there."

02-04-2012, 01:54 PM	#27
banjobama Busy Read'n Posts: 980 Karma: 5039283 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Auburn, WA Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux 5	In an email to a prospective employer, I accidentally typed, "I look forward to heaving from you." Possibly a little truth coming out there? I did catch it before sending the email.

02-10-2012, 03:51 PM	#28
phloxy Always reading Posts: 95 Karma: 726400 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA Device: Sony PRS-T1, Kindle 7	Along the lines of HarryT's story above, I had a neighbor who worked in city codes department. With great hilarity she one day recounted a story about sending out an e-mail to a resident regarding some construction on his property. The moment before she hit "send" she noticed a typo (an "i" instead of an "e") in the subject line of the message, which was supposed to read "Regarding the size of your deck."

02-17-2012, 05:13 PM	#29
John Carroll kookoo Posts: 1,461 Karma: 7772454 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Nook, LG4	Sometimes typos make cool new words. I typed "increduloudly" last month.

02-17-2012, 05:31 PM	#30
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	My favourite is one my wife coined (accidently): "That woman is obeastly fat!"

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