Talk:Typographical error

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[edit] teh best thign evar!!1!one!1!!

Hello, I'm the contributor that made this subheading. "Correcting" it to The best thing ever! somewhat nullifies the parody that it was representing. If you're going to correct it to a more "useful" subheading, it should probably be "Ridicule by excessive, sardonic mispelling and exclamation mark replacement" or some such, as the "correct" text is of even less informational value. As it's a subheading, I really do think it is quite OK to leave it as the parodied text. I am reverting for now. Let's discuss it here. --mordemur 14:31, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I was a bit too enthustiastic about fixing typos. The present headline is great. Lapinmies 20:32, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I don't want to be a wowser, but doesn't this section border on trivial? Rintrah 16:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I think that the “taht si teh bset thign evar!!!!1111oneoneone” paragraph was the best thing (evar?) on Wikipedia. I don't think it should have been wiped off this way. --Manfroze 14:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Yahoo graphic

I don't think that Yahoo page capture is representative of a typo. If it was the result of an accidental cut'n'paste then maybe so, but it's more likely to be the result of a double entry in a backend database. mordemur 03:33, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Does anyone else refer to cut'n'paste errors as paste-o's? Much different than a typo. Myth010101 04:35, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise"

I've seen this poem widely propagated in email. Is it encyclopedic enough to mention in this article?

[edit] Nursery rhyme

Hello, I am not a native speaker and I don't get the nursery rhyme. Could anybody explain it to me? Maybe explaining it in the article might make sense too. Thanks --80.139.74.66 18:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I've included a link in the article. OK? Gnusmas 18:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes, thanks. --80.139.105.58 07:32, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "subconsciously typing a homophone"

I disagree that this should be included in the definition of a typo. Typos, as I see them, are purely mechanical mistakes; whether they originate from a slip of the fingers, or a dodgy keyboard. Someone who types "there" instead of "their" is not making a typo: they're simply a person who either does not know how to spell, or if they do know, the difference is not ingrained in their mind enough for them not to make the mistake. This is different from a tpyo. EuroSong talk 11:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with you and went ahead and changed that paragraph. I think the most important thing about a typo is that it's a type of mistake specific to using a keyboard, like writing 'thw' for 'the' just because 'w' is next to 'e'. No one would make this kind of error if writing with pen and paper. Tocharianne 23:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title

We could change the article's title to Typographical eror for a subtle self-reference. We would show Britannica that wikipedia is wittier! Rintrah 16:37, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Bad idea. I don't think Wikipedia condones those kinds of intentional self-references. ZtObOr 02:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In instant messaging, users often send messages in haste and only afterwards notice the typo. It is common practice to correct the typo by sending a subsequent message where an asterisk precedes or follows the correct word.[citation needed] For example:

I highly doubt we need citation for that. But hey, maybe that's not treu.

Edit: true* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.72.82.183 (talk) 03:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)