Funny typos (that you may or may not have caught)

[MTM]

Dredging up this thread after seeing this on NFL Rumors - ProFootballRumors.com regarding the Raiders firing their GM.
Michael who? Gotta love spellcheck.

The Raiders had pursued Jayden Daniels, but a climb from No. 13 to No. 2 to reunite the ex-Arizona State passer with Pierce was never viewed as likely. The Commanders shot down the one offer they received for the pick; that proposal likely came from the Raiders. Michael Penis Jr. emerged as a fallback plan, but the team was not high enough on the left-handed prospect that a trade-up was strongly considered. After the Broncos chose Bo Nix at 12, the Raiders were effectively cut off. This significantly hampered Pierce, who did not warm up to Gardner Minshew, whom he benched on a few occasions. More Pierce-Telesco friction developed during the season, and Brady's outsized influence appeared to affect the GM.

 

[Slacker]

Never type that guy's name yourself into anything for publication.
Always copy and paste "Penix" from somewhere whenever you can.

And that goes triple in the heat of deadline.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Given the lack of likelihood of using that actual word in print, I think I might set up autocorrect to change that word to "Penix" every time it appears.

 

[MTM]

That doesn't always work. I shared this up thread in 2021.

I worked as a copy editor in a city where the female mayor's last name was Genis. Spellcheck kept wanting to change it to Penis so I thought I fixed it so that didn't come up as an option.

I came to work for my next night shift and everyone in the newsroom looked at me with a smirk — an article appeared with a quote from Mayor Sandy Penis.

I was horrified then scared when I was called into the editor's office with him and the publisher. The door was closed and I starting apologizing and explaining and the publisher stopped me and said she's not a penis but a c*nt.

 

[Flip Wilson]

At the May 2012 graduation ceremony at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, the l was left out of the word Public on the cover of the graduation programs being handed out to attendees.

School of Public Affairs apologizes for commencement program typo

 

[Small Town Guy]

The actual content of this headline is fascinating but I truly have no idea what the apostrophes and quote marks are doing in this headline. Been trying to decipher it for five minutes.

 

[MileHigh]

At the May 2012 graduation ceremony at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, the l was left out of the word Public on the cover of the graduation programs being handed out to attendees.

School of Public Affairs apologizes for commencement program typo

I actually mentioned this to my boss a couple of days ago that "public" is the one word I always look at very, very, very closely.

 

[ChrisLong]

The OC Register desk walked a tightrope every night when the Mighty Dicks came into existence ... or was it Mighty forks?

The L.A. Herald Examiner was noted for all the typos that got into print. One sports writer turned white and dropped his notebook when a coach said his team "went into a funk."

 

[Dog8Cats]

Never type that guy's name yourself into anything for publication.
Always copy and paste "Penix" from somewhere whenever you can.

And that goes triple in the heat of deadline.

When I'm checking spelling of names - most of them in the major pro sports - 99.9 percent of the time I copy the name in question, put it in a search window and hit return. If I don't get a "corrected" return or a "Did you mean ... ?" I feel pretty good.

I sometimes cut myself slack on Kevin Durant and LeBron James. But that's about it. I've seen "Tigers Woods" ... and many others ... slip through.

All of us are human, prone to human error. The challenge is to institute systems to reduce the likelihood of them happening.

 

[MNgremlin]

All-timer from my 10 years.

Editor was going back and forth on headlines. Switched from using the mascot to the school name in the headline, so had to switch from using their to its. When deleting the word their, he didn't get the T deleted. tits.

To make matters worse, it was a story on the volleyball team.

EDIT: Guess I already shared the story on Page 2.

 

[Slacker]

The actual content of this headline is fascinating but I truly have no idea what the apostrophes and quote marks are doing in this headline. Been trying to decipher it for five minutes.

Our man Jerry-atric "apparently" works at People "magazine."

What a "hoot"!

 

[kickoff-time]

In my college paper I wrote "uneven parallel bras" instead of bars. I don't remember the correction.