When Typos Attack

Oops! At least it wasn't a "y": "The president of an Iowa college says he's sorry about an unfortunate and offensive typo in a school handbook. A calendar entry for Feb. 16, 2009, was supposed to read 'Black History Lunch and Learn.' Instead, it says 'Black History Linch and Learn'… The handbook was distributed to about 10,000 students before the mistake was discovered. Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson says stickers are available to place over the entry, which will be corrected in the next printing."

Sep 26, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 6 Responses

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Tagged: Education, Typos

Comments (6)

No. 1 · DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!

awkward…

Posted: Sep 26, 2008 at 9:43 am

No. 2 · Jason

Stickers? Really?

Posted: Sep 26, 2008 at 10:09 am

No. 3 · Jamaal

It happens, the sticker thing is pretty common, it happened at my high school. If you want to see some real yearbook ugliness read this story: http://current.com/items/89055.....book_prank
it's pretty disgusting.

Posted: Sep 26, 2008 at 10:32 am

No. 4 · daria of Gorgeous Black Women

On one side of "u" on the keyboard is "i" and on the other side of it is "y"
I don't really see why more trees should die for what seems to be a typo. It's a community college. I'm sure they don't have great resources to be crossing all their ts and dotting their is. The government is not that generous. Hell, they have student handbooks in print still.

Posted: Sep 26, 2008 at 12:40 pm

No. 5 · laughing808

wow, I can't believe something like that happened. What happened to spell check? Or having someone proof read the material before going to print.

Posted: Sep 26, 2008 at 1:07 pm

No. 6 · Ike

Lol…. no biggie. I think everybody's aware that it's a typo.

Posted: Sep 26, 2008 at 1:43 pm

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