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#205960 - 06/04/12 11:52 AM Does Anyone Know.....
deansv stranger Registered: 06/04/12 Posts: 1 Loc: Ca.	I believe there is a word (or brief phrase) in German that is used to refer to someone who has an innate ability to notice typographical errors or mispronunciations. I read an article about it many years ago in the Los Angeles Times, but have been unable to find it since. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!
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#205961 - 06/04/12 01:49 PM Re: Does Anyone Know..... [Re: deansv]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	I got some German speaking Facebook friends. I'll ask there.
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#205963 - 06/04/12 02:22 PM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: deansv]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	I believe there is a word (or brief phrase) in German that is used to refer to someone who has an innate ability to notice typographical errors or mispronunciations. Arschloch? _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#205964 - 06/04/12 04:50 PM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: zmjezhd]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	heh.
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#205965 - 06/04/12 04:59 PM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: tsuwm]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Not unless they go all over you about the errors they've found. I'm getting some responses on my Facebook question but nothing quite serious yet. The best seems to be Typologe.
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#205966 - 06/04/12 05:07 PM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: Faldage]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	Typologe I enjoy the terms pilkunnussija in Finnish and (as noted by one of the comments on your FB posting and referred to above in my subject line) and the German Korinthenkacker. Not unless they go all over you about the errors they've found. Unfortunately that seems to be par for the course. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#205968 - 06/04/12 08:25 PM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: zmjezhd]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd Not unless they go all over you about the errors they've found. Unfortunately that seems to be par for the course. Those are the only ones you notice.
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#205972 - 06/04/12 10:53 PM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: tsuwm]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	tsuwm, I couldn't help wondering if there's a link between this too shall pass and your subject title change!
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#205977 - 06/05/12 12:06 AM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: Jackie]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	mebbe so - but I dint do it!
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#205978 - 06/05/12 12:39 AM Re: raisin-pooper [Re: tsuwm]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 933 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Would i be considered guilty of Arschloching for pointing out that it was Z who changed the title?
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