Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Poof-feeding - They’re snow substitute

Or… Don’t Trust Your Reputation to Spelling Checkers!

The following are actual Freudian Typos from my usually trusty little fingers.

Cover letter: Attached for your reverence please find our proposal for services...
Proposal: We have 450 stiff members available and at your service...
Acceptance letter: We hope your confidence in us will be well-funded.
Monthly invoice: This will be our final monthly progress bilking.
Email Sign-off: Egads, Kubda
(Translation: Missed the "r"s in Regards, and I'm touch typing, but the fingers of my right hand are off by one key.)

… and in all of that, the only error my spelling checker finds is Kubda. At least they won't know who to point at!

This last one I won’t claim as my own. Rumour has it this was the last line of a scathing memo sent to senior management and buyers throughout Eatons, wayyy back in the seventies: The anus is on you. (I couldn’t agree more.)

Poof-feeding - They’re snow substitute.

How to Proof-Read:
Read it
Out loud
One
Word
At
A
Time
First forwards
Then backwards.

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