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Memorable OCR errors
Here's a thread where we might share the most memorable OCR errors that we encounter.
Today I've been finding the phrase Quote:
But my favourite one, so far, is Quote:
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I've always known that OCR errors were a pain in the ...... I common one I have run across is reading tune for time. "There's no tune left..." |
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In my Penguin epub copy of the "Portable Nietzsche" there are frequent passages critical of "cod". (Apparently that fish is dead!)
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02-16-2010, 02:53 PM | #5 |
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'burns' as 'bums' can be quite entertaining .
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