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Typo Neologisms

 
 
sine
12:38 / 08.05.04
I want to invent meanings for common spelling errors and typos. One that just came to mind:

beleif: to bequeath a leitmotiv.

Got any typos or spelling errors that just drive you crazy? Got good definitions for them?

Another good reason to engage in this kind of culture f**k? Just imagine: if the word acquires any kind of common currency and makes it into people's spell checkers, their documents will be reduced to gibberish in no time flat. Finally, proofreading by eye will ascend to its rightful throne once more!
 
 
Mistoffelees
11:00 / 03.07.06
Instead of starting a new typo thread, I´ll use this one. sine, you don´mind?

There is a strange effect:
Whenever I write a post, I first check the reply for typos (twice!), still time and again typos slip through.

I see them the moment, the post is posted.

Anyone else have this happening?

A friend of mine is writing texts for online sites and she sends the texts to a friend for proofreading, and the texts are read a couple of times before they get sent to the companies. So it must be a common occurence.

I also believe, I see typos on paper faster than on computer screens.

And of course, now that I am writing this, I remember the blackboard effect in school. The teacher asking nicely "are you sure, you´ve made no mistake?", pupils whispering, and the moment you sit on your chair again, you see, what you´ve done wrong.
 
 
Quantum
12:15 / 03.07.06
Top typo tip- after checking read it again backwards, from end to beginning. Your brain won't parse the sentences as effectively so individual typos will stand out more.

I'm reclaiming a text predictor typo-type thing, when I text 'Tarot' it comes out 'Vapou' which I now think of as a type of alien divination by invisible vapour. Vapou readings are available on request.
 
 
stabbystabby
22:36 / 04.07.06
i always ask my students to read their stuff aloud before submitting it. of course, it doesn't pick up errors like "the condition of being anti-social is called anti-socialism" and "spreading propaganda is called propagation" but it does prevent me from reading "this artistic project will allow artists to expose themselves".
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
01:14 / 05.07.06
Not quite the same thing, but not worth a separate thread at all, am I the only person who regularly types liverjournal for livejournal?

Brings a wholly different, and rather unpleasant, association to the word.
 
 
stabbystabby
11:22 / 05.07.06
i know i've typed liejournal a few times....
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
14:50 / 05.07.06
HA HA HA.
 
 
Ticker
16:46 / 05.07.06
I so want a Vapou reading!

I'm with ya Mistoffelees, I'm forever c&p my posts into other things to spellcheck them then noticing a giant from/form styled error after hitting the post button.
Asshatasaurus Rex...
 
 
Cloned Christ on a HoverDonkey
18:52 / 05.07.06
I'm forever c&p my posts into other things to spellcheck them

Simply install Google Toolbar - it has its own spell checker, complete with customisable dictionary. Cool.
 
 
Mysterious Transfer Student
22:24 / 05.07.06
A few years ago I worked in a large office where the networked WP package we used allowed anyone to insert as-yet-unrecognised spellings and have them accepted as standard - meaning that it took only the odd sausage-fingered fool to ensure that words like "sould" (should) soon became common currency, not just in internal emails but in replies to customers' letters. Luckily most of the errors were caught before I, spelling facist that I am, got all Radio Four on their asses.
 
 
stabbystabby
00:42 / 06.07.06
that's a pain, the whole add-to-spellchecker thing. I still get students happily handing in assignments about the Pubic Domain.

the pubic domain: an area of the body protected by small battleships.

also: Prim Minister: well, you figure it out.
 
  
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