[bksvol-discuss] Re: dis dis dis
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:34:04 -0800 (PST)
Hmmm. I have no idea what that could be or what caused it--something couls have
bled in fron the next page, but 3 "did" in a row? Looks as isf your scanner is
trying to "dis" you. smile
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 11/21/09, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] dis dis dis
> To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:37 PM
> Hi everyone!
>
> Every once in a while in the book I'm proofing, there is
> "dis" in all lowercase letters. It is not part of a
> word, because it doesn't make any sense when trying to fit
> it with any word.
>
> One example was a sentence something like,
>
> When I returned to the office I disfound
>
> blah blah, blah, (whatever the rest of the sentence was).
>
> Hey, could "disfound" mean lost? (chuckle)?
>
> Sometimes the dis will be three times in succession as this
> line that I just came across:
>
> sure knows her detective novels. I wonder dis dis dis
>
> I'm just curious. Has anyone come across this curious
> thing? Is there something about some OCR software that
> would incert such a thing when it couldn't recognize
> characters or could it be junk characters?
>
> It's certainly not a big deal. It's just an odd
> little thing.
>
> Debby
>
>
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