Metro, a free daily newspaper in Toronto, ran an unfortunate typo last week in a film review of Friday the 13th.
"Not only does it overlap the thirteen killings (very clever!) that occur over the film's 97 minutes, but they're ultimately underwhelming. breasts. In fact, with very little suspense to speak of, Friday the 13th isn't scary at all...unless of course, you're a film critic."
Or a copyeditor.
Blog site The Torontoist discovered the typo, which you can see in newsprint on the site. The Torontoist implies Metro’s decision to cut staff writers and replace them with freelancers and unpaid interns is to blame for the errant “breast.”
Next time one slips past you, or your copyeditor, remember the Metro.
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Comments (11)
I felt the incident with the Chimp and the police officers was very sad and probably horrible for them. It's sad that the post would take that matter to make another point and try to be humorous with it. They almost seem desperate.
Posted by Anonymous | February 20, 2009 10:38 AM
Posted on February 20, 2009 10:38
Should of checked??? tsk, tsk
Posted by Deb | February 19, 2009 12:17 PM
Posted on February 19, 2009 12:17
I'm with you Cheryl Howard--Spell Check is not enough, and even Grammar Check is not enough. Blaming a switch to freelancers is a cop-out.
I also learned the hard way that any document with the word "public" in it gets a word search for "pubic." All this technology is great, but the human eye is still the best proofreader. I personally prefer starting at the end of a document and proofread backwards--works every time.
Posted by SJB | February 19, 2009 11:36 AM
Posted on February 19, 2009 11:36
I'm with you Cheryl Howard--Spell Check is not enough, and even Grammar Check is not enough. Blaming a switch to freelancers is a cop-out.
I also learned the hard way that any document with the word "public" in it gets a word search for "pubic." All this technology is great, but the human eye is still the best proofreader. I personally prefer starting at the end of a document and proofread backwards--works every time.
Posted by SJB | February 19, 2009 11:36 AM
Posted on February 19, 2009 11:36
Obviously the grammar check wasn't used either. Otherwise, the b would have been capitalized. However, are we really sure this was just a typo? I can't see another word that would fit in that space. If someone used this opportunity to complain about staff cuts, then I have to wonder if this was a little story sabotage, a little dig at the company. OR my natural paronoia could be at work. :)
Posted by Cheryl Howard | February 17, 2009 12:44 PM
Posted on February 17, 2009 12:44
I learned a long long time ago to do a special search for the word "public" without the "l". And to really, really appreciate proofreaders.
Posted by MaryanneJ | February 16, 2009 11:08 PM
Posted on February 16, 2009 23:08
I once sent 16,000 emails to announce a book signing for an astronaut. Spellcheck did not catch "Boob Signing" in the subject line. It was a very successful book signing....
Posted by Dayna Steele | February 16, 2009 1:22 PM
Posted on February 16, 2009 13:22
I followed the link to the website. Love that the banner ad says "We're hiring."
Posted by Jim | February 16, 2009 12:58 PM
Posted on February 16, 2009 12:58
Sorry about that. It was a cut and paste job from the Torontoist. One typo begets another typo. Should of checked. Thanks for the catch.
Posted by Michael Sebastian | February 16, 2009 12:50 PM
Posted on February 16, 2009 12:50
Uhhh ... you have a typo in your quote about the typo. When I clicked on the link to the The Torontoist to see the actual article, the sentence is "Not only does it overplay." You quoted it as "overlap."
Posted by BJ | February 16, 2009 12:28 PM
Posted on February 16, 2009 12:28
Just Like Janet. Damnit.
Posted by Sue Bylevyn | February 16, 2009 10:27 AM
Posted on February 16, 2009 10:27