[bksvol-discuss] Book invaded by aliens!
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:48:13 -0400
Dear Booksharian Friends,
It happened when I was minding my own business, dutifully validating a book
about Mary Queen of Scots.The little French prince was about to see his Queen
Mother when I read, and I quote,
The two stared at one another, until François came in and shrieked, "Martian!"
and ran to her.
I just love funny scannos. The Martian is supposed to be the french word for
mama, Maman.
In the next few pages, this scanno appeared several more times to humorous
effect! hahehehahah!
Spell check and rank spelling are nearly indispensable tools, but nothing beats
a combination of spell checking and proofreading.
For fun, I keep a list of unusual scannos that have appeared in books I'm
validating which are true words so a spell checker wouldn't point them out.
Here are some other examples.
Easter for Faster
Ken I for Keri
Be for he
Unfired for untired
Nearly neatly
dose close
ear for car
pore for pom
These are scannos I've collected from my validating and from scannos sent to
the list by volunteers starting with Shelley Rhodes' famous
The heating power of dogs for The Healing power of dogs
The two stared at one another, until François came in and shrieked, "Martian!"
and ran to her.
Helpful Tips scanned as Helpful lips
Improve comedy dub for improv comedy club
The part made Houseman an international name and he won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actor, joining an elite band who have won Oscars for their film
dbuts.
When I was a seeker
I sought both night and day,
I asked the Lord to help me,
And he showed me the wart.
a pattern that will endure, after nls own empire is dust.
Should be when his own empire is dust
Ever sincesales representatives forgathered to exchange business experiences
and gripping yams of sweet romance.
Yams is supposed to be yarns
She withdrew from her garments a satchel woven from golden threads and the like
of which Hiccups had never seen in all his 154 travels.
Irish word for mother or mom is mam this book called them mare, making Irish
mothers mares.
I'm as sound as bell metal and I don't spin yams. Was supposed to be yarns
'Ah, once!' said Aunt Mary, with a low little laugh and then a sigh. 'And we'll
not say how long ago;' and after that she made a pause, looking always at me:
and then she said, 'I accept your offer, and we'll put on our braws; and I hope
you will have no occasion to think shame of us. But why not take your dinner
here?'
and more "Hibernicized." They adopted Irish dress, language, and custom to soon
become, as in the popular saying: Hibemicis ipsis Hibemicrres (more Irish than
the Irish themselves).
(What they were called just sounds funny.)
Corrected it reads
They built fine medieval castles, intermarried with the local people, and
became more and more "Hibernicized." They adopted Irish dress, language, and
custom to soon become, as in the popular saying: Hibernicis ipsis Hiberniores
(more Irish than the Irish themselves).
The cat slunk in to the dining room looking furtively over his shoulder and
letting out 219 little hisses.
***
Breathing hard, Abbey pushed open the dor to 307 and raced in to 343
And
She forced her 198 thoughts backward.
and
They didn't want him on the front lines until they knew more about 346
So those who owed him not only their lives but their 204 lifestyles had damn
well offer up the cash to bail him out of whatever the hell this was.
Always with love,
Lissi
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