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I have had manager/manger moments several times in my career when writing organization announcements. Spell check won't catch that one!
We also use the word pantries in some local office announcements when changing to a new brand of coffee or telling employees about free fresh fruit that's available in the pantries as a healthy snack from our wellness initiative. I'm always double and triple checking that there is an R in pantries before sending those emails to the whole office...
I teach at Washington State University. I distribute and receive back electronically my tests in Crisis and Risk Communication . I typically respond when one is sent back with, "Got it!" I live in mortal fear that I will put the space between the o and the t instead of between the t and the i. Such language would not play well with graduating seniors; 90 percent of which are women.
Years ago I was really excited about starting a home improvement contractor referral service.
I sent out hundreds of postcards and figured if I got a 2% response rate, I would proceed. I got a 0% response. Years later, I was cleaning my office and found a small stack of unsent postcards..... with the wrong phone number!
I used to edit a military newspaper during the Vietnam War era and carefully read every story and photo caption regarding the posthumous awarding of medals to soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. I wanted to be sure that posthumous never turned into "posthumorous." Fortunately, it did not happen on my watch.
And I've told the following story before, but it's worth telling again: While I was editor of the above newspaper, our local city daily ran a story about another Army post. Unfortunately, it had a major typo in a 36pt headline. I can't repeat the typo, but I will tell you that the name of the Army post was Fort Rucker.
As a longtime sports editor, I frequently had to build the agate (boxscore/event results) pages on deadline. My biggest worry was typing the score headers above any game summary involving the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The D and F are side-by-side on the computer keyboard, and I'm not the most competent typist. I don't think I ever made the obvious error.
I used to freelance for a weekly community paper. Unfortunately, they were understaffed and mistakes were made quite frequently. I still remember the obituary (not written by me) where it spoke of a woman continuing to sleep with her husband's shirt because it comforted her. Unfortunately, however, they left the "r" out of shirt. Not a very kind way to treat a widow!
I remember, with a still-reddening face, how I sent out a whole series of proposals letters that were adressed to (person's name), Ediot. Let's say the Editors addressed did not see anything funny.
I once wrote in a travel brochure for Seniors that they were all going to Faneuil "Hell" during their trip to Boston. The funny part is that I was worried that I'd spell "Faneuil" wrong the whole time.
Bravo to everyone who at least fessed up to their typos! We're human..it happens. The PC expert in our office knows how to set up our PC's in Word and Outlook so that you can never type certain words (maybe it's in "auto correct?) and that has saved a lot of embarrassment.
