From Wikipedia

[ammichaels]

List of notable misspellings, including some that stuck:

• Zenith - Arabic zamt was misspelled by scribes.
  
• Camel-and-needle-eye proverb - Translators from Hebrew into Greek confused cable with camel.
  
• Cocoa - from cacao (misspelling also influenced by coco). Many foreign languages and foreigners speaking English still use "cacao".
  
• Hoodlum - first

Comments

Re: camels and needles

[ammichaels]

"... the Aramaic word gamla means rope and camel, possibly because the ropes were made from camel hair."

Read this: http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/nt/camelneedle.htm

Very interesting!

Ugh

[tantric_tea]

This post brings up some sore feelings for me. My life was scarred by a mispelling incident many, many years ago. Because of a mispelling on my birth certificate I will never be known as Chocolate Covered Cashews and Raisins. My mother was highly distressed as you can imagine, but made up for it with the naming of my younger brother, Toffee Covered Nut Drop. Good ol' Toff.

*tap tap* This thing on? Hello?

Re: Ugh

[tantric_tea]

And if it is too subtle for you… yes, I misspelled misspelling.

Re: Ugh

[ammichaels]

Hahaha! Yes, I totally missed that. Confession: I actually looked up misspelling on Wikipedia because I wasn't sure if I was misspelling it or not. I was.

Re: Ugh

[ammichaels]

I think there is something in the air at your new job that is making you high.