Monday, October 11, 2010

Typos of the Week, October 4 to October 10

Two old ones to catch up on before this week's before they get too far away:

[2010-08-27 10:26:20] Sharon Scofield: ROYSTON VASEY.
[2010-08-27 10:26:25] Cully Andel: leag ue ofegent;eam
[2010-08-27 10:26:28] Maelstrom Janus: leage u ofg gentlemen
[2010-08-27 10:26:33] Sharon Scofield: MESSY BUT RIGHT, CULLY
[2010-08-27 10:26:49] Sharon Scofield: THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN.

[2010-09-07 09:58:10] Sharon Scofield: WHAT IS THE 'LITTLE GRAPE' AT THE END OF THE SOFT PALATE?
[2010-09-07 09:58:13] Gingo Gumbo: uvual
[2010-09-07 09:58:17] Thurina Susa: wvwla
[2010-09-07 09:58:19] Ocean Emerald: vulva
[2010-09-07 09:58:21] Sharon Scofield: YES GINGO!
[2010-09-07 09:58:28] Sharon Scofield: AND NOT QUITE, OCEAN
[2010-09-07 09:58:43] Sharon Scofield: THE UVULA. I KNOW YOU WERE JUST HANGING ON THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE.

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AND ON TO THE MOST RECENT CROP:

#10: Not a type of pasta.
[07:23 PM] Hilda Static: vcomcocmtti

#9: Maybe when Morgan is spoofed by a dry British comedy troupe.
[18:47:48] Thurina Susa: morna lefarty

#8: If NATO were written by Star Trek geeks.
[13:12:44] Trebor Shelman: nrotha tylek ntic treaty0 rganizxatojnb

#7: Olms had a lot of good ones this week, but I couldn't resist "hippy tums."
[13:17:11] Olmstead Fanshaw: hipppytum,s

#6: Sounds almost pastoral! But no..
[09:37:57] Kiriaster Mirajkar: ernver on the nersd

#5: Say it out loud, it'll make you smile. :)
[11:48:35] Vin Copperfield: pofaonatas

#4: It looked like such a simple word.
[18:33:25] Joe Utherwurldly: 5trhem

#3: Lotus almost scored the irony award with this one...
[10:33 AM] Lotus Ceriano: enflisnemb

#2: ...but along came this gem.
[13:33:16] Olmstead Fanshaw: dciotoniary of amrei;can regional englsi8hs\
[13:33:49] Olmstead Fanshaw: guess who was a linguistics major :-)

#1: My favorite triple-typo this week. Flutter gives us some pretty good mess, but Hilda, the sound of that is not that precocious. And GinnerDave may be booking a flight to a new resort town.
[07:39:19] FlutterBye Skytower: chorloforlut carbas
[07:39:20] Hilda Static: cluprpfoptobocarbopnd
[07:39:28] GinnerDave Mohindi: cabo fourinees

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#10:
[07:23 PM] Jynks Clawtooth: Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati is the largest Oktoberfest held in the United States in what city?
[07:23 PM] Hilda Static: vcomcocmtti
(Cincinatti)

#9:
[18:47:39] Circe Falta: 6. PERCIVAL AND BEDEVERE WOULD KNOW THIS SUPERVILLAIN-ESS, THE HALF-ELVEN SISTER OF THEIR LIEGE. WHAT WAS HER NAME?
[18:47:43] Mako Kungfu: morgan
[18:47:44] Juke Badger: MOrganna
[18:47:45] Thurina Susa: morganan
[18:47:48] Thurina Susa: morna lefarty
[18:47:51] Jeanette Avedon: mogana le fay
[18:48:02] Circe Falta: MAKO AND JUKE! AND THURINA FOR BROWNIE POINTS. LOL

#8:
[13:12:36] Lacey Lukas: 17. What does NATO stand for?
[13:12:40] Jeanette Avedon: north atlantic treaty orginization
[13:12:43] Buffy Mubble: north atlantic treay org
[13:12:43] Olmstead Fanshaw: norht atlandtic treawty organiszqtojnh
[13:12:43] Lacey Lukas: YAY J
[13:12:44] Trebor Shelman: nrotha tylek ntic treaty0 rganizxatojnb

#7:
[13:17:02] Ana: Q13. The skіn of which large mammal secretes a reddish coloured natural sunscreen that is sometimes referred to as “blοοd-sweat” ?
[13:17:11] Olmstead Fanshaw: hipppytum,s
[13:17:15] Ana: YES OLMS!
[13:17:18] Ana: THE ANSWER IS The Hippopotamus ✔

#6:
[09:37:49] Nelly Swindlehurst: WHAT 1984 CINEMATIC HOMAGE TO THE UNDERDOG STARRING ROBERT CARRADINE WAS HYPED WITH THE LINE: “THEIR TIME HAS COME”?
[09:37:57] Kiriaster Mirajkar: ernver on the nersd
[09:37:58] Thurina Susa: revenge of the ners
[09:37:59] Lette Ponnier: revenge fo the nerds
[09:38:12] Nelly Swindlehurst: KIRI THURINA LETTE
[09:38:16] Nelly Swindlehurst: ANSWER: REVENGE OF THE NERDS

#5:
[11:48:29] tattiescone Doghouse: Q 18. Which animated movie contains these lyrics "The rainstorm and the river are my brothers. The heron and the otter are my friends."?
[11:48:35] Vin Copperfield: pofaonatas
[11:48:50] tattiescone Doghouse: wd vin (some typo!)
[11:49:27] tattiescone Doghouse: Ans 18. Pocahontas

#4:
[18:33:19] Honey Potez: Name the Movie: The A-bomb has created a colony of Giant Ants in the 1950's classic.
[18:33:22] Circe Falta: them
[18:33:22] Thurina Susa: them
[18:33:25] Joe Utherwurldly: 5trhem
[18:33:27] Honey Potez: WD CIRCE AND THURINA!
[18:33:45] Honey Potez: Them -- hehe, so cheesy looking - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Them02.jpg

#3:
[10:32 AM] Sharon Scofield: ACCORDING TO NOEL COWARD, 'MAD DOGS AND' WHOM 'GO OUT IN THE NOONDAY SUN'?
[10:32 AM] Olmstead Fanshaw: engalsumene
[10:32 AM] Cully Andel: engleishemen
[10:32 AM] FlutterBye Skytower: englishmea
[10:33 AM] Lotus Ceriano: enflisnemb
[10:33 AM] Moonshine Shuffle: english men
[10:33 AM] Olmstead Fanshaw: englsiman
[10:33 AM] Sharon Scofield: YES OLMS, HAHAHAHAH
[10:33 AM] Sharon Scofield: ENGLISHMEN. WE WON'T COMPARE THEIR DIETS.

#2:
[13:33:00] Jeanette Avedon says 'What project, abbreviated the DARE, seeks to catalogue the varieties of spoken English in the United States?'
[13:33:16] Olmstead Fanshaw: dciotoniary of amrei;can regional englsi8hs\
[13:33:20] Jeanette Avedon says 'Olms!'
[13:33:49] Olmstead Fanshaw: guess who was a linguistics major :-)
[13:34:01] Jeanette Avedon says 'Dictionary of American Regional English: Research for the DARE began in the 1960s and its final volume is expected to be published sometime within the next five years. Olms' typos might just be a volume on its own.'

#1:
[07:39:11] Weezil Urvile: q21. CFC stands for what ozone destroyers?
[07:39:19] FlutterBye Skytower: chorloforlut carbas
[07:39:19] Fiz Laval: cholor flouro carbons
[07:39:20] Hilda Static: cluprpfoptobocarbopnd
[07:39:25] Weezil Urvile: That works for me, Flutter
[07:39:28] GinnerDave Mohindi: cabo fourinees
[07:39:43] Weezil Urvile: I'll also pay Fiz second place for being almost mess-less

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