# Post the funniest typo you've ever seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149 "2004-05-08T05:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/81 "2004-05-12T00:10:15Z")
I’ve got an odd one that I constantly catch myself doing. Instead of _-ion_, I’ll type _-ino_. So instead of, say, _renditions_, it comes out as _renditinos_. They all seem like exotic types of pasta. Being a fast typist, I occasionally make the they’re/their/there mistake. I fully understand the different usages, but somehow my brain subconsciously picks out a phonetically equivalent substitute and sends the commands down to the muscles that work my fingers. With that in mind, I wonder if anyone has ever, completely innocently, meant to type Norfolk (Virginia) and typed Norf_ck instead? The second syllable of the city name soiunds almost like f_ck. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/82 "2004-05-12T00:30:51Z")
Don’t have the letter but my Grandfather dictated a letter to his secretary discussing “the irate customers”. Bearing in mind this was in Ireland, her letter describing how “the IRA ate customers” didn’t go down too well 🙂 And knowing my Grandfather she wouldn’t have lasted long in that office either 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tech\_Sass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Tech\_Sass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tech_Sass)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/83 "2004-05-12T03:49:29Z")
My ex-mother-in-law gave her daughter a Valentine’s Day card, and being a bit naive about certain subjects, wrote on it “Have a nice VD” ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/84 "2004-05-12T05:07:20Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Classified ad: > > Itty Bitty Male Yorkshire Terrorist. Very Aggressive. $1000 I’m picturing Buggy Swires the gnome from Discworld… ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/85 "2004-05-12T05:18:28Z")
I took this myself. It’s not a photoshop job, I swear! [http://www.jimcofer.com/images/funny\_%20sm\_fin.jpg](http://www.jimcofer.com/images/funny_%20sm_fin.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/86 "2004-05-12T05:25:37Z")
Several years ago, the local community newspaper had a full-page ad on their back cover. It was from a local lumberyard, advertising their services for designing and building decks. Except that in **every** occurance, _deck_ was spelled _ **dick** _. :eek: It was great. “Nothing helps you enjoy your yard like a bigger dick.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/87 "2004-05-12T05:27:18Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > With that in mind, I wonder if anyone has ever, completely innocently, meant to type Norfolk (Virginia) and typed Norf_ck instead? The second syllable of the city name soiunds almost like f_ck. A used-to-be friend of mine went to Old Dominion University (in Norfolk, VA). He told me that the Norfolk High School cheer was\*: We don’t drink! We don’t smoke! Norfolk! Norfolk! Rah! Rah! Rah! On a side note, I recalled a malapropism from my last job, wherein the writer said that the company had “made a _conscience_ decision” to do something. The memo was discussing the most recent round of layoff rumours. \*This is hearsay. I have no cite. Don’t hit me! ---
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/88 "2004-05-12T10:27:38Z")
The most halarious one I’ve ever seen was sign in a mini mall out in California: There was this beautiful Hot bodied Blonde woman that was selling some type of product (I think it was some kind of perfume or something, I can’t exactly remember). The company she worked for was offering free movie passes with every purchase. Over her head was this huge sign that was supposed to read. Free pass with every purchase Only problem was that someone had bumped her sign and knocked the letter “P” from the word Pass :eek: The sign now read : Free ass with every purchase 😃 So, while she stood there smiling at everyone who came near her trying to get them to “Take advantage of this great opprotunity”, someone finally pointed out to her the error on her sign, and she quickly found another letter "P"and repaired it. I’m just sitting here thinking now, " Man I wish they’d made cellphone camera’s back then 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/89 "2004-05-12T10:57:39Z")
An article I read referring to the Pennsylvania Dutch was misspelled “Pennsylvania Butch”. A correction issued the next day corrected it to read “Pennsylvania Bitch” ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/90 "2004-05-12T11:50:55Z")
Several years ago there was a sign in town that said “Lot for Sale” and that listed a number that potential buyers could call. One day somebody took the L off Lot and substituted a P. The owner of the lot probably got a bunch of interesting calls that day. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/91 "2004-05-12T12:23:23Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > Many adult entertainment Web sites are obviously created by people for whom English is not their native tongue. One particular site, in their advertisement, wished to make it known that their “teen” models were brand new and had never been photographed before. Their ad conveyed that bit of information by proclaiming: > > “All teenagers have not been shot yet!” That’s a brilliant one, closest I’m come on this board to actually laughing out loud. Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/92 "2004-05-12T16:59:37Z")
I work for a literacy organization and received the following statement from a teacher on her end-of-year report: “Our students’ **testes** have improved dramatically in the past year.” (emphasis mine) Wonder what kind of assessments they do at _that_ school… ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/93 "2004-05-12T17:47:41Z")
Not a typo, but funny anyway: “Beat Meat for a Day” Headline in a newspaper I used to work for, on an article about a vegetarian group that was urging people to “go veg” on a particular date. Also, as seen in a hardware store ad for a lawn tractor: “Shit on the go transmission!” ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/94 "2004-05-12T18:12:39Z")
At my previous job I was editing a document typed up by the Croatian office girl whose grasp of English was still a bit shaky. I had asked her to change “the two” to “that” and she inadvertently changed it to … “twat”. Poor girl had no idea why I was choked up laughing for the next several minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/95 "2004-05-12T18:23:13Z")
I work for a Japanese company, and they are as bad as you think when it comes to Ls and Rs. (They also have trouble with H/F and B/V.) My personal favorite involved our office manager. We were discussing our long-standing credits with Global Crossing (they can’t mail checks until they’re out of bankruptcy), and she wrote herself a note: “Call Grovel Crossing.” She had been calling the company “Grovel Crossing” for the last five years. Saturday night, my husband and I went to Target. Part of their sign wasn’t working, so over the entrance was the message “Expect less.” Luckily, our digital camera was in the car. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/96 "2004-05-12T18:38:49Z")
Having been involved with journalism most of my life, I have see a number of them. I worked with a gifted journalist one time who when sober was excellent and when drunk was not quite as good but still head and shoulders above most. Unfortunately she didn’t spell quite as well drunk as she did sober. She once did a headline that read. **Candidates to have pubic meeting** We should have caught that one before it went out. My other favorite was an ad that a town sent into its local paper (a competitor of ours). They were trying to combat a spate of cars along the curbs of the community that were parked there and basically rusting away. **"Owners of such cars will be fixed and the cars will be towed away."** TV ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/97 "2004-05-12T18:50:44Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > Originally posted by **Marlitharn** > Thundreds of thousands of French colons had settled in Algiers by 1870… Thundreds? Gaudere lives! ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/98 "2004-05-12T18:55:58Z")
When I went back to see my old high school after almost a decade, they had a sign underneath the school’s name: “Education every day, for the _every day_ world.” Everyday is one frickin’ word when it’s an adjective. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/99 "2004-05-12T19:55:46Z")
OK, promise you won’t laugh? When chatting on ICQ to a friend of mine, I commented that I really wanted a diet coke right now. Except, with me touch typing, it came out like this: > [@](#): > > I really want a diet cock right now. Cue much embarrasment on my part. No, my mind’s not permanently pre-occupied. However, I do seem to be making that typo a lot. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149/100 "2004-05-12T22:17:08Z")
_Not a typo [I hope] Found on the BBC’s ‘Have your say’_ “This is unbelievable human behaviour. I can’t believe this is happening in 2004. As a Muslim I can only say, we are not allowed to touch an innocent civilian!” Imran Azim Butt, Doha, Qatar \*I don’t know wheter I should laugh or cry, at the man’s family name \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-funniest-typo-youve-ever-seen/244149.md?page=6)