Dave, No, guess we both missed that one, not to mention it being missed by the author and the editor. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of talmage@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 2:17 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Changing Misspelled words? Hi Gerald, I don't think the author would win any accuracy prices for research. Did your father catch the other mistake 4 words away? A Mac is either a hamburger, computer, or a sub machine gun, the truck is a Mack, with a k at the end. Dave At 09:59 AM 3/7/2005, you wrote: >Cindy, > >So where do you draw the line? Would you correct the misspelling in the >following paragraph from Ill Wind by Nevada Barr? > >Tom drove a real pickup and wore cowboy shirts with the sleeves ripped out. >What would he consider big? Surely not a snubby-nosed little Mitsubishi. To >a construction worker, "big truck" would mean a Kenmore, a Peter-bilt, a >Mac. > >Did you even spot it? If you didn't, then here's a hint. Sears doesn't >make big trucks, at least not under that brand name. > >The word should have been Kenworth. At least I think that's how the company >spells it's name. > >BTW, it's not a mistake by the validator. That's how it appears in the >paperback. So would you correct it knowing that Nevada Barr didn't mean for >her construction workers to be driving a home appliance? <grin> > >Personally, I would have left it the way it is in the book and wondered if >anyone else would have spotted it. Just for the record, for those of you >who missed it, I didn't spot it either when I read it. My father had to >point it out to me. Oh well, nobody's perfect. <smile> > >Gerald