# Typos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos/58192 "2001-03-16T05:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos/58192/1 "2001-03-16T05:38:47Z")
Messing around on here, constantly typing, and making typo errors, it came to mind: What is the most famous or notoriously erroneous typo in history? What impact did it cause? This could be interesting… (Improbable hypothetical example: A typographical error, on the publisher’s behalf, causes a person to win Publisher’s Clearing House million $ sweepstakes.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos/58192/2 "2001-03-16T10:40:05Z")
When I make a typo, which is often, all I ever get is the opportunity to look like an idiot. Now if I could just explain to everyone that I have had trouble with the fingers on my left hand ever since I had a horrible tumor removed, I might look a little more pathetic and less like an idiot. Hmmm which is better? Proofreading, yeah probably proofreading. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos/58192/3 "2001-03-16T12:37:30Z")
“Navel exercises” used in a press release once caused me all kinds of heartache.