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instead of the name of the Diety.
Is this the patron saint of slimmers, Max?
While not wishing to make light of such a weighty matter, I must transfer the dollar. A look at my original post will show that instead of the name of the Diety was a direct quote from an earlier post by wow. IOW, you'll have to ask her! 
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Picky! Picky! I did a punny without realizing it ... that's how all my puns originate. I love 'em when I hear/read them but I really haven't the knack. My new glasses are due any day now. wow
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Picky! Picky! I did a punny without realizing it ... that's how all my puns originate. ¡Lo siento mucho! I behaved like a cad. I was gently ribbed for a typo, and instead of taking it on the chin, this bounder seized on the rare opportunity to say "it's not my fault." Such boorishly egregious behaviour is inexcusable - mea culpa!
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it just goes to show you; always verify your sources before you post *anything here.
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Such boorishly egregious behaviour is inexcusable - mea culpa!I imagine you'll be forgiven this time, Max, but too many more indiscretions like this and you'll be labelled an egregular.
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it just goes to show you; always verify your sources before you post *anything here.
Abso-ma-lutely. The inner gentleman in me said that I should wear the blame being apportioned for the typo, unfortunately my selfish outer child prevailed, and I fingered wow as the real culprit!
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I imagine you'll be forgiven this time, Max, but too many more indiscretions like this and you'll be labelled an egregular
Justly so, no doubt. What intrigues me is how quiet the agente provocateuse in this little imbroglio (is there an "imbroglietta"?), namely, RhubarbCommando, has become. After unleashing my baser instincts with a gentle jab at a typo I didn't make, Rhuby has slipped back into silence - are you reading this, Loki? Or are you busy carving the words "To the Fairest" on an apple? 
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Or are you busy carving the words "To the Fairest" on an apple?
Are you planning something with Helen?
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Or are you busy carving the words "To the Fairest" on an apple?
So who gets to go to Paris to find the answer?
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Max et al.
Don't feel to bad about the diety thing. I recently read a sci fi book by a well-known author (who is so well-known his name escapes me at the moment. Throughout the entire novel, the word deity was misspelled diety. And in this particular novel that was a LOT of times. Several hundred anyway.
I found the author's e-mail address and asked, "Was this an editor's goof or were you making a pun?"
His response, "Oh my God. I did THAT? How would you like to be my editor?" or words to that effect. Several things come to mind:
Where was his spell checker?
Where were his editors, his proofreaders, his agent?
Lastly, if the tone of the author's response is to be believed, I was the first person to bring this to his attention; where were his fans?
This brings me to my point:
I assume everyone who posts here reads voraciously and with catholic tastes. When you read, do you notice errors such as this and how much does it bother you?
To answer my own question, I notice errors like this more and more every year. I think there must be more of them. And it bothers me a lot. I find my eye being drawn back to the offensive line until I have turned the page. My blue pencil yearns to put the proper proofreading mark in the margin, while my mind shouts, "This is a library book, dammit! Get over it!"
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