On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:59:16 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:59:16 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo. I'll be sure and let all my friends know I'm no longer perfect.
LOL

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On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:59:16 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo. I'll be sure and let all my friends know I'm no longer perfect.
LOL

I'm so disappointed in you!

Hopefully this lesson will put you back on the strait and narrow! LOL

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.

I sometimes make similar mistakes, but my excuse is that I use voice
recognition, and straight sounds just like strait.


Rite on Dave, thanks for the clarification!

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On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.

wrote in message
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On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.



I agree also. I was going to type "f*ck off" but instead I typed "rite on,"
which is clearly better. LOL

* - just kidding Dave... I would never type * LOL


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In article ,
says...
On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.

I'm really glad people are able to comment on the back and fill technique...
these on-topic posts are inspiring!

"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon
Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit
another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.



typographical error
n.

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 07:06:44 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On 2 Sep 2008 14:34:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG" said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady


Wow, a typo.

Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.


I disagree. A typo is when you type something other than what you
meant to type. If I type "their" when I meant to type "there", it is a
typo. Typo is the shortened form of "Typographical Error". It simply
means you didn't type what you were supposed to type.



typographical error
n.
A mistake in printing, typesetting, or typing, especially one caused by
striking an incorrect key on a keyboard.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

:-)


A typographical error (aka typo) is when one of the punchers (that's a
typist, to a layman) in composing inadvertently types a complete
'graph from one story into the middle of another when typesetting. The
puncher may have to hit a couple hundred wrong keys to accomplish
that, but it's still a typo. Even if it contains no misspelled words,
it's still a typo.