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Subject:RE: Typos of the week! From:"Maggie Secara" <maggiros2 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:32:01 -0700
I always prefer to be told there are typos rather than spelling errors. I can
spell just fine. I just can't type worth a damn.
Maggie Secara
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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-76230 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of CC
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: Typos of the week!
>
>
> Re,
> > Here's a philosophical question... what *is* a typo?
> > To me, a typo is something that happens when your
> > fingers hit the wrong keys...
>
> I use the word for any small mistake to avoid saying
> to someone "You spelled that wrong" or "This isn't
> right." Saying "Oops! Typo here," gives the
> impression that natural processes somehow produced the
> error independently of the writer. Slightly less
> embarrassing, although they still don't like it.
>
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