June 5, 2008
Washington Post Misspelled National Spelling Bee Word
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Well that's what happens when you have an adult do a child's job...
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Me speell purdy one day
@Wiz - NBC? Please. We all know that show is already being secretly planned at Fox
that's awesome. sounds like spell check needs an extra-vigilant, prepubescent setting for the time of the year when stories about the national spelling be comes around.
as does dcist! clearly not my fault. :) whoops - that would be "bee."
As an aside, is referring to someone as Kim when their name is actually Yim actually a misspelling? Isn't it more like racism?
I'd like to point out that the error was noted by one of the Post's readers in the comments section.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002330_Comments.html
I'd really like to point that out.
I'd like to point that out so much that I'm fixing that link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002330_Comments.html
Which didn't transcribe into the little box.
I still claim credit.