Favorite Typos

[althrasher]

I think there may be another thread about this somewhere, but the thread about accidentally substituting your name just reminded me of it.

So what's been your favorite typo writing?

Mine is: "Very strong magicians don't need spells at all." But I wrote, "Very strong musicians don't need spells at all."

My dad found it hilarious.

[Straka]

I wrote some like the "...Captain scratched his bread..." instead of beard. It got a laugh out of my reader.

[Stargazer]

I just wrote a film script about a driving instructor based in Bedfordshire. However, my first scene-heading got typed (un-noticed) as Bedfordshite and it wasn't until some time later I realised Final Draft was auto-completing a typo'd word.

Still... It gave me a giggle.

[donroc]

Form insyead of from always shows up.

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[Madison]

I always find iSit, iLaugh, iSing... I should copyright those and sell 'em to Apple. I have a character named Finn and once I spelled it Fin...beware the shark!

I always have some good ones that break up the tedium of editing.

[katiemac]

Not one of mine, but as a writing tutor we tend to swap stories. Why spell check alone doesn't work:

"like a bunch of dirty cocks in a bachelor's apartment."

It was supposed to be socks.

[althrasher]

Not one of mine, but as a writing tutor we tend to swap stories. Why spell check alone doesn't work:

"like a bunch of dirty cocks in a bachelor's apartment."

It was supposed to be socks.

In a bachelor's apartment? I'd buy the typo :tongue

[dempsey]

Not one of mine, but as a writing tutor we tend to swap stories. Why spell check alone doesn't work:

"like a bunch of dirty cocks in a bachelor's apartment."

It was supposed to be socks.

That's not a typo, that's a Freudian slip.

[otterman]

I often discover that I've called my MC "Booby" instead of Bobby. I"ll try to keep abreast of such mistakes.

[donroc]

I also have done portrite instead of portrait. Freudian criticism?

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[Straka]

"like a bunch of dirty cocks in a bachelor's apartment."

It was supposed to be socks.

Goes from erotica to nonfiction with one word!

[AnnieColleen]

I have a whole list from NaNo, and probably more undiscovered. (There's a previous thread (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82662) on this, NaNo specific.)

...bringing an armful of fireword.
(firewood)

...giving a stir to the brother.
(broth)

They only set the clothes to dry on the buses.
(bushes)

She sploke
(spoke slowly)

Dried meat and dry bread were passed in, and a bucket of water and lady.
(ladle)

and the lumpy boxes that cracked his shins as they shoved him in.
('they' = soldiers, not boxes!)

"There were a number of men killed and wounded on both sides, you know, dead."
(dear)

"Hayve a seat, then"
(set in a barn)

[Shady Lane]

Haha, this one is infamous among my beta readers:

I licked strawberry off my finger

I typed this as: I licked strawberry off his finger.

and suddenly the scene took an unexpected homo-erotic turn...

[KTC]

Every time I go to type mean I type mena. It drives me nuts. Don't know if I'd call it my favourite...but it's my biggest stumbling block.

[Voyager]

My all time favorite is not one of mine. Although I have many, none are as funny to me as:

He slid his hand lower to gently strike her clot.

[KTC]

My all time favorite is not one of mine. Although I have many, none are as funny to me as:

He slid his hand lower to gently strike her clot.

clots are very erogenous.

[Voyager]

So many witty responses, so little desire to get a mod smack down :D

clots are very erogenous.

[auntybug]

Every frackin time!!! It couldn't be an easier word....

teh.....

everying frackin' time...

*sigh*

shoot me.

[FennelGiraffe]

I'm the queen of typos. I make more than I can possibly list. These are just a few of the ones I've been making frequently lately.

hte <-- the
int he <-- in the
form <-- from
from <-- form
genreal <-- general
is is <-- it is
the the <-- to the
scnen <-- scene
and <-- an

[ACEnders]

I typed "phenomena" instead of "Pneumonia"

[johnzakour]

Well, I'm the one who typed my name for my main character so that pretty mcuh spaeks for istelf. Thuogh I hvae been knwon to mkae ohter typos on ocacison.

[callalily61]

Not mine, but one of the best ever: Two male vampires are engaging in anal sex. One fixes the sheets in between, and the following happened as the word hyphenated from one line to the next:

He rear-
ranged the sheets.

Okay, I thought it was a greaT Freudian slip of the typesetter (having been a typesetter for many years).

[NeuroFizz]

I just can't seem to get tipo typu tipu typoo typo right.

[Rowdymama]

I don't write "typos" as much as I hear them. Once I heard a line on TV about the activities of pioneer women: "They would sit by the fire in the evenings piecing scraps into quilts."

What I heard was: "They would sit by the fire in the evenings piecing scalps into quilts."

Cozy, huh?

Due to a hearing problem, this happens to me all the time.

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[Ravenlocks]

Once I worked for a company that worked very closely with Countrywide Home Loans, so I typed the name a lot. Now every time I try to type "countryside" it comes out "countrywide," and suddenly instead of noticing the forests and marshes around them the characters in my fantasy novel are trying to get a home loan.

And I cannot for the life of me type the word "prince." It always comes out "rpince."

I had to set up autocorrects for both of these in Word because they were happening 100% of the time.

[dawinsor]

I once had a prim woman saying "I will bid you a good night" and typed "I will bed you a good night." I decided it was a keeper. I had the woman clap her hand over her mouth and laugh.

[SilverVistani]

Personally, I will never forget when one of my characters answered the phone "Hell?" because I missed the 'o' key. XD

[Paichka]

I'm currently an adjutant -- which basically means personal assistant to our brigade commander. I keep his calendar and schedule appointments and the like.

Our personnel officer needed to get on the commander's calendar for a scrub of where officers are going for their next jobs. She wanted to call it a "Personnel Laydown with S1".

I typed "Personnel Ladydown with S1" into his calendar. *sigh* As the calendar is viewable to the ENTIRE BRIGADE, I got crap for that one for weeks.

[Stormhawk]

I just did this one. It's so bizarre I decided to share.

"Dorian gave me the key. He’s busy shagging in my dead."

I mean seriously...O_O

"He’s busy shagging in my bed."

I have no idea where the hell it came from...

[mikeland]

Not mine, but one of the best ever: Two male vampires are engaging in anal sex. One fixes the sheets in between, and the following happened as the word hyphenated from one line to the next:

He rear-
ranged the sheets.

Okay, I thought it was a greaT Freudian slip of the typesetter (having been a typesetter for many years).

Uh, is it a Freudian slip if the vampires are actually having anal sex? Seems like an appropriate editorial fix.

But anyway, my favorite typo is a common one on resumes, particularly amongst my fellow graduates from Public Policy programs.

You would be surprised how many of us actually majored in Pubic Policy. We also do a lot of pubic speaking.

[cmyk]

Yes Mikeland!

"Pubic" for "public" gets through spell check all the time and is always good for a laugh. Department of pubic works, pubic authorities, pubic relations campaign -- ah, it never gets old.

I used to have to point that out occasionally to a sweet old Irish-American office assistant, who would blush and giggle and hide behind her hands. It would make her week.

[sassandgroove]

through instead of threw. I'm boring apparently.

[Straka]

I just did this one. It's so bizarre I decided to share.

"Dorian gave me the key. He’s busy shagging in my dead."

I mean seriously...O_O

"He’s busy shagging in my bed."

I have no idea where the hell it came from...

I'm not one to judge another's sexual preferences but... ewwwww :-P

[akiwiguy]

Every frackin time!!! It couldn't be an easier word....

teh.....

everying frackin' time...

*sigh*

shoot me.

Yes! I'm not teh only one. I have deliberately not edited this, and see what I mean?

[Rob_In_MN]

No pun intended, I presume ;)

I often discover that I've called my MC "Booby" instead of Bobby. I"ll try to keep abreast of such mistakes.

[Ravenlocks]

But anyway, my favorite typo is a common one on resumes, particularly amongst my fellow graduates from Public Policy programs.

You would be surprised how many of us actually majored in Pubic Policy. We also do a lot of pubic speaking.

Yes! I used to see those ones pretty often.

[Matera the Mad]

I had a feeking this thread would have me rolling on the floor.

[Charlie Horse]

Breast instead of beast.

as in...

"He slayed the wild breast."

[juneafternoon]

Once I wrote "You do realize the pen is black, right?"
It came out, "You do realize the penis black, right?"

Can't say I comprehend that sentence, but there ya go. :)

[RickN]

Back in high school and college, I made extra cash by typing term papers for people. Yes, this involved an actual typewriter and carbon paper -- oooooooooooooooooo!

I typed my sister's paper on My Friend Flicka and spelled that damn horse's name as 'Klicka' every single time. Unfortunately, the first person to notice was her teacher.

[PattiTheWicked]

I have a character named Alexia Birch, and every damn time it ended up as Alexia Bitch.

And I have a tendency to type "doe snot" instead of "does not".

[a_sharp]

There's a cure for that--in Word. Tools/AutoCorrect lets you enter common typos and misspellings with their corrections. Probably available in other word processors as well.

I made this work for my WIP set in Mexico. I can type in Mazatlan and it autocorrects to Mazatlán (accent on the last "a"). Since the city figures in a lot of scenes, autocorrect does it right on the first pass.

[Carmy]

Becuase gets me every time.

I once wrote farty tales instead of fairy tales.

[Kryianna]

I'm a web developer by day, and spend a good amount of time running queries against the user table in sql. Writing the word 'use' in the evening without adding an 'r' at the end is virtually impossible.