# I bet I'm not the first one to notice the mistake on the Homepage

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**Created:** [October 11, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-im-not-the-first-one-to-notice-the-mistake-on-the-homepage/206797 "2003-10-11T03:35:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-im-not-the-first-one-to-notice-the-mistake-on-the-homepage/206797/1 "2003-10-11T03:35:09Z")

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But I’m probably the first person to point it out. Proving that I’m either a fast-fingered, eagle-eyed ignorance fighter or an anal-retentive, nit-picking PTA.

All the way on top of the left hand corner. The first words. The little tiny ones. Instead of saying “advertisment:” it says “ruadvertisement:”  
No need to thank me for pointing that out.

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-im-not-the-first-one-to-notice-the-mistake-on-the-homepage/206797/2 "2003-10-11T03:51:02Z")

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…there’s a homepage?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-im-not-the-first-one-to-notice-the-mistake-on-the-homepage/206797/3 "2003-10-11T13:28:33Z")

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It’s not a mistake. It’s a question.

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**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-im-not-the-first-one-to-notice-the-mistake-on-the-homepage/206797/4 "2003-10-11T22:37:21Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mr. B \*  
> \*\*…there’s a homepage? \*\*

[Yep.](http://www.straightdope.com/)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-im-not-the-first-one-to-notice-the-mistake-on-the-homepage/206797/5 "2003-10-11T22:53:03Z")

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And what makes you think it’s a mistake? It’s a perfectly cromulent word, from the Latin _ruadvertisare_, which in turn is formed from the Greek root ρυαδ- (“matter”) and the Old Phoenician _vertisim_ (“wazza”).