Comments on: When public becomes pubic

By: neff

neff — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:22:50 +0000

Craig — Now google for mentions of the “Large Hardon Collider”.

By: neff

neff — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:22:50 +0000

Craig — Now google for mentions of the “Large Hardon Collider”.

By: David

David — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:37:05 +0000

This reminds me of something that happened when I was teaching journalism at the University of Oklahoma in the 1990s. On the anniversary of Anita Hill's testimony in Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the student paper ran an article reflecting on the hearings.

In the final paragraph, the article observed that, in the year that had passed since Hill's testimony, she had become a public speaker. But the "L" was left out, making Hill a "pubic speaker."

I always felt that was a particularly unfortunate error to have in that article.

By: Peter J.

Peter J. — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:23:50 +0000

Kind of funny that you've consistently used “i” in your commentary when it's actually the dropped “l” that's the problem.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:52:01 +0000

Tiny crunk: It's a dropped l, a lower-case L.

By: Dave Brooks

Dave Brooks — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:20:14 +0000

Dropped “i”? Aren't you confused your tall, skinny lower-case letters?