Am I psychic?

May 08, 2012 15:57

Check out the completely ludicrous misspelling of Benedict Cumberbatch's name ( here, third paragraph down) from a recent article in the Washington Post.

Mind you, I've had that very same misspelling in my LJ interests since 2010, but my misspelling was intentional. :)

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ETA Ahem: apparently the "typo" was intentional - and I am (1) owning my ( Read more... )

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mundungus42 May 8 2012, 20:22:30 UTC
Conclusion: Wa-Po reads you! :D

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bethbethbeth May 8 2012, 20:47:44 UTC
Right you are!

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kelliem May 8 2012, 21:55:06 UTC
The author must be on your flist. ;D

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woldy May 9 2012, 00:05:15 UTC
Ha! Needs moar editorz, clearly.

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bethbethbeth May 9 2012, 00:27:00 UTC
So...this was apparently intentional? (am I a hypocrite for thinking this kind of thing is perfectly fine for fandom to do, but not perfectly fine for the Washington Post? *g*)

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teneagles May 9 2012, 00:25:58 UTC
It wasn't a typo -- the article has been updated (here) with a note that it was done intentionally. Which makes it a bit funnier, to me, actually.

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bethbethbeth May 9 2012, 00:27:49 UTC
*nods* I saw that note...and, heh...see my comment above: I'm owning my hypocrisy. :)

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scarab_dynasty May 11 2012, 01:36:19 UTC
Hm... I shall think really hard of something and you can see if you call tell if I am thinking it. Then we'll know for sure. :D

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bethbethbeth May 11 2012, 01:43:20 UTC
You're thinking...about some 900-plus year old guy in a blue box? That's all I've got. :)

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scarab_dynasty May 11 2012, 02:32:41 UTC
Aw. I was thinking of cake... But it's good cake :)

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