# Typos that completely change the intended meaning

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**Created:** [September 1, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-completely-change-the-intended-meaning/508476 "2009-09-01T13:28:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-completely-change-the-intended-meaning/508476/61 "2009-09-04T19:52:34Z")

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From the local paper in the weeks right after 9/11/2001, explaining Islam:

“Muslims Prey on Friday”

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-completely-change-the-intended-meaning/508476/62 "2009-09-04T21:14:12Z")

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I saw a menu once in a Korean restaurant that offered “she-crap soup.”

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-completely-change-the-intended-meaning/508476/63 "2009-09-04T21:18:50Z")

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> [@JohnGalt](#):
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> From the local paper in the weeks right after 9/11/2001, explaining Islam:
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> “Muslims Prey on Friday”

My name’s Friday. I carry a badge. And Muslims hate me.

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