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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread `typo' #25776 04/03/2001 3:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India kummini stranger kummini stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India To mean a mistake while writing something, we use `typo', but what is the word -- if there is anything -- to mean any mistake we make while reading something. (The kind of problem missing out word(s) to understand the text in a way different from what is actually written in it ) Manoj Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: `typo' #25777 04/03/2001 3:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 " any mistake we make while reading something" "misconstrue" is a formal word, but I cannot think of a handy short word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: `typo' #25778 04/03/2001 5:16 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 There is the word "misread", but it may be more often used in the context of reading aloud. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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