dotsey.com » Words http://dotsey.com creativity and life on the edge Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Lincoln cathedral struck by lightening http://dotsey.com/1128/lincoln-cathedral-struck-by-lightening http://dotsey.com/1128/lincoln-cathedral-struck-by-lightening#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:29:12 +0000 Chris http://dotsey.com/?p=1128 'Struck by lightening' typo

From issue 17 (spring 2010) of esprit, the full-colour mag for members of Lincolnshire Co-operative, a classic typo. For those without a modern graphically enhanced browser, it reads thus:

Shaken by earthquakes…struck by lightening…having stood the test of time for nigh on 1,000 years…today Lincoln Cathedral needs your help!

I guess that’s what comes of paying one’s proof readers in Co-op dividend points rather than used fivers. If it’s any consolation to them, though, I’ve seen the same lightening vs lightning gaffe in the Daily Telegraph, so clearly it can happen to anybody.

The error, I’m pleased to note, has been corrected on the actual Co-op website; as far as they’re concerned, it seems, lightening will not be allowed to strike twice.

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Still on the subject of exploring and testing the boundaries of one’s abilities, we sometimes also talk about thinking not outside the box but outside the tin.

Yes, maybe it is time we both went for a lie down.

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