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    What specifically connects a defective typewriter somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, a township's newspaper with a printing press problem, and the most well known and important American document in history?

    Question #75374. Asked by peasypod. (Feb 02 07 5:13 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Could be that we're talking about notable misspellings. "Pago-Pago" was supposed to be "Pango-Pango," except that a Naval typewriter had a defective "N" key; "Cleveland, Ohio" should have been "Cleaveland," except that the town's newspaper couldn't fit the entire name on the masthead; and the original Declaration of Independence spelled "British" as "Brittish".

    As a newspaper man's daughter, I LOVE errors like this:



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misspelling

    Feb 02 07, 5:35 PM
    peasypod

    		Yes, m'dear, and I kinda liked the supposed authenticity of the word 'Hoodlum', don't you?

    A Gloden iknwell for oyu.

    Feb 02 07, 5:42 PM
    lanfranco

    		Eeg, tahnsk!

    Feb 02 07, 5:51 PM

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