Just my typo
Subtitle: from "sinning with the choir" to "the United States"
By: compiled by Drummond Moir
Edition: First United States edition.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780385346603; 9780385346610
Subjects: Authorship; Errors; Writing
Description: A charming collection of typographical errors, slips of the pen, and embarrassing misprints, "Just My Typo" celebrates the awful and the sublime mistakes that riddle our feeble human attempts at communication.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To be or to be: Typos in literature; title: The fourth mistake: Typos in the media; title: The word stage: Typos of historical & political significance; title: The Lingua Franca: Typos abroad; title: Food for thought: Gastronomic typos; title: Crime and punishment: Legal typos; title: The cost of a comma: The most expensive typos; title: Autocorrect dystopia: The future of the typo; title: Immaculate contraption: Kids' typos; title: Misprints of Biblical proportions: Holy typos; title: The best love in the whore world: Typos of a romantic persuasion; title: Life and death: When typos kill; title: Readers' favorites; title: What did we miss?