# What's a typo. Honestly. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 7, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724 "2005-02-07T00:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724/21 "2005-02-08T04:03:11Z")
What is a typo? A typo is having to do a biology essay in 10th grade and having one of the books listed in your bibliography as: Erotic Butterflies and Moths (was supposed to be EXOTIC) Or having the 9th grade typing test handed in with a line that says: “They have caring eyes and sad feces” (should have been sad FACES) Those things happened to me. I was questioned at length by teachers. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724/22 "2005-02-08T04:41:11Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > As long as we’re on the subject, one word I _refuse_ to accept is “noone”. I don’t care how commonly it’s used. I asked about the usage of “noone” awhile back on the SDMB and several posters claimed that it wasn’t a typo but that it was a real word. > I hope not. I typed in ‘noone’ at M-W Online and it simply came up as ‘no one’. I was sure it wasn’t a word, but I’ve been equally certain with other words that _did_ exist, so I always check no matter how positive I am. I agree; this one always leaves me foaming at the mouth, and tempts me to do a drive-by correction, but that is frowned upon, so I just grit my teeth and sputter to myself. ---
**Author:** ![EvanS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@EvanS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvanS)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724/23 "2005-02-08T06:10:12Z")
> [@Hilarity N. Suze](#): > > The odd thing is that, having typed them, I have a hard time seeing my mistakes. > … > I had to rely on the typesetters to catch mistakes in my copy. Which is why we always said, particularly to new writers, “Every writer needs a good editor.” Which is why it disturbs me when petty tyrants on message boards point out typos, errors in spelling or errors grammar rather than focusing on the point of the writing. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724/24 "2005-02-09T00:16:58Z")
> [@EvanS](#): > > Which is why we always said, particularly to new writers, “Every writer needs a good editor.” > > Which is why it disturbs me when petty tyrants on message boards point out typos, errors in spelling or errors grammar rather than focusing on the point of the writing. > > :mad: If you really can tolerate mistakes, you should feel right at home on the SDMB. Should you decide to join, that is. So take your toe out of the water and jump in. “If your gonna get wet…” ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724/25 "2005-02-09T00:27:08Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > Yeah see? So where does something like “penis ensues” fit in? Not really a typo, but it’s definitely not what the poster meant to type. Freudian slip, perhaps, but more likely an automated finger response. Malapropism. Or, perhaps, a healthy combination of my dyslexia and ADD. :smack: I’m “the poster” mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724/26 "2005-02-09T04:00:40Z")
I don’t make too many typos. I think my fingers somehow know when they’ve made a mistake and tell my brain. I wish they’d also tell my brain when I type ‘our’ instead of ‘out’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-typo-honestly/288724.md?page=1)