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Mine wouldn't have made it to print as I was the editor
I had a column from a financial analyst called "Counting Your Pennies." I had typed "Counting Your Penises." The sales staff saw me mumbling and laughing to myself, not knowing whether they should step in. I can't tell you how many times "ass" made it in for "as" at the last minute.
posted by
terpgirl30
on July 12, 2005 at 4:45 AM
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Good thing they caught that.
That would have raised a few eyebrows.
posted by
word.smith
on July 11, 2005 at 8:29 PM
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I was embarrassed this morning when a blogger , Marshallengraved,
found a typo in my title. But I should not have been. For one, it was in French and my French days are so far in the past it's really sad, and two, it was a hard word.
posted by
kingmi
on July 11, 2005 at 4:51 PM
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That was a funny typo. It could have cost dearly. Spellcheck can't confirm on rationality.
Ann.
posted by
A-and-B
on July 11, 2005 at 3:45 PM
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alli-
oh man, that's a double whammy - definitely a bad typo that completely changed the meaning of what you were going for!! oh man.
posted by
DancesWithWords
on July 11, 2005 at 3:43 PM
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Not really like it would have gone into print....
but one time I was emailing a friend about her guy problems (he wanted sex and she wasn't ready) and I wrote, "Next time he gets on your case, give him some ass because he damn well deserves it" when I meant "give him some sass" WOW did I get the silent treatment for a few days!
posted by
allicat275
on July 11, 2005 at 3:25 PM
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