Just My Typo
From 'sinning with the choir' to 'the large hardon collider'
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Publisher Description
From the sublime to the ridiculous, Just My Typo is a hilarious collection of typographical errors, slips of the pen and embarrassing misprints which, like any typo of any kind, should never have happened, cannot be excused, and must not in any way be glorified. Enjoy. You'll travel back in time to meet great figures from history: Sir Francis Drake (who circumcised the world in a small ship), Queen Victoria (who pissed graciously over the Menai Bridge), and Rambo (the famous French poet). You'll find moral instruction ('Blessed are the meek, for they shall irrigate the earth') and pearls of wisdom ('love is just a passing fanny'). You'll be outraged by politicians who exploit disasters to boost their pubic profiles; entranced by lambs that gamble in the fields; concerned for a man who was admitted to hospital suffering from severe buns; and appalled to meet 11-year-old twins Helen and Ugh.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This amusing collection of typos, organized by category, shows what can happen when "a single letter, punctuation mark, or space is in the wrong place at the wrong time." Moir, editorial director of U.K. literary imprint Sceptre, begins with errors in literature, such as Richard Dawkins referring to CERN's particle accelerator as "The Large Hardon Collider." He also remarks on the numerous typos in James Joyce's Ulysses, most of which, due to the novel's challenging mix of literary styles, "went largely unnoticed forty years after publication." Typos from the news media include mistakes such as the New York Times referring to Pakistan's capital as "Islambad," and a London Times advertisement seeking a "young person, age about 81 or 19." Moir demonstrates the importance of punctuation, as when a cotton-broker received, in answer to whether he should make any purchases, this telegraph: "No price too high." This breezy read proves the saying, "every time you make a typo, the errorists win." B&w photos throughout.
