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When I worked in our municipal government we were warned to double check
the event notices for "Pubic Forums".
-Tony
> Peter Neilson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 8:07 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: A governmental blunder that probably won't hurt us. Much.
>
> In that document I noticed FIVE uses of a strange word "inpidual" where
> "individual" would have been expected. "New piece of governmentese," I
> thought. Further research showed that other government documents have
> similar problems. For example, where "division" might be expected, "pision"
> appears. The problem seems to go back as far as 2014 at least.
> E.g.: https://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/dbaallemployer9-30-13.htm
>
> ...
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