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Great typos of our time.

From today's Evening Standard (physical edition), opining on Livingstone's congestion charge shenanigans:

"Today's announcement is one of his *queerest* 'class war' policies in his eight years at City Hall". (my emphasis).

Erm, 'queerest' as in odd? Nope, all too sadly predictable. 'Queerest' in sense of aimed at gentlemen who prefer gentlemen (in either derogatory or reclaimed sense of queer)? No, can't see that either.

And there's more - the writer speaks of the election offering voters 'a queer choice'. I think someone has been playing with his autocorrects.

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Blogger Tapestry said... 1:23 am

So that's what Ken gets up to in Cuba, and is why the number of his trips there is not public knowledge.  



Anonymous Anonymous said... 2:06 am

Rofl. Hehe.  



Blogger Newmania said... 9:30 am

absurd quaint, singular peculiar rococo, debased in style of ornamentation singular, peculiar strange, Whimsical ?


Can`t say that I would have noiced this was a malapropsim but then I `m not all that tidy myself  



Blogger Newmania said... 9:31 am

absurd quaint, singular peculiar rococo, debased in style of ornamentation singular, peculiar strange, Whimsical ?


Can`t say that I would have noiced this was a malapropsim but then I `m not all that tidy myself  



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