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A couple of unfortunate recent typos to share. First, beware the dropped letter (click for larger): And another unfortunate letter mix up (click for larger): Thanks Morgan and Jennifer!  Report an error

The word “not” was mistakenly left out of a sentence in the editorial on Page B-6 Sunday about a campaign contributions ballot initiative. The sentence should have read: “And the new summary spells out that the public-money lobbying ban includes school districts and local governments, so that school superintendent Carol Comeau, for example, might not [...]

Beauty column: In a Sunday Image article about hyaluronic acid, a skin-care ingredient and injectable filler, Dr. Nowell Solish was quoted as saying that if people change their minds after receiving an injection, there is an anecdote. It should have quoted him as saying there is an antidote. Link Thanks, Chris!  Report an error

It’s not the first time this typo has happened in regards to the Large Hadron Collider, and it won’t be the last. From a Reuters report (click for larger): The news service fessed up on its Good, Bad and Ugly blog. Thanks, Bob!  Report an error

Here’s what showed up in a slate reader’s RSS feed (click for larger): The article has been fixed, though no correction was added. Thanks, Andrew!  Report an error

A May 25 Style review of Zev Chafets’s book “Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One” incorrectly quoted the book as reporting that Limbaugh thought of President George H.W. Bush as “a pretty, country club moderate.” That sentence in the book reads, “Bush struck him as a preppy, country club moderate, an Ivy League snob.” The [...]

In a Commentary page column Tuesday, the word “pro” was mistakenly removed from the first sentence of Eric Zorn’s column. The correct version of the sentence is: In 1995, Yale University law professor Stephen Carter wrote a pro-snooze-fest book titled “The Confirmation Mess” in which he supported the idea that U.S. Supreme Court nominees should [...]

Kevin Roderick at LA Observed spotted this recent front page typo in the Los Angeles Times: As Roderick noted: If you’re the Los Angeles Times and you want to go top of page one with a story attacking the credibility of the mayor, you probably shouldn’t misspell credibility in the headline deck. Thanks, Daniel!  Report [...]

In an item in the April 21 “Slatest,” Nicholas Jackson misquoted a CNN article, stating that the new $100 bill includes an embedded “security threat.” It includes an embedded security thread. Link  Report an error

A report that was recently published in Weekly Book News (Australia) detailed a typo that caused a cookbook to be pulped: Penguin pulped 7000 copies of the Pasta Bible (ISBN 9780143011071) earlier this month due to a typo that could be considered offensive … New stock will be available from mid-May. [Sally] Bateman said this [...]

The March 1990 issue of late and lamented Spy magazine took note of this correction, which was originally published by the Stanford Daily of California that same year: A story in yesterday’s [Stanford Daily] reported that Spy magazine publisher Tom Phillips said his magazine consistently refers to Donald Trump as the “short-fingered Bulgarian.” The term [...]

An earlier version of this article contained its own Memorable Gaffe in discussing Maureen O’Connor’s error on the term chyron. In noting that Ms. O’Connor misspelled chyron, the article said “mispelled.” What’s the old saying? People who (literally) live in glass houses. The earlier version of this article also had an incorrect Web address for [...]

We incorrectly used the word “homocentric” when what we meant was “male-centred” (27 February, p 36). Link  Report an error

A single but significant word was mistyped in a story headlined UK complained to US about terror suspect torture, says ex-MI5 leader (10 March, page 2). Eliza Manningham-Buller was quoted as saying: “After the next terrorist attack, there will be cause for fresh legislation, which should be resisted. The criminal law as it stands is [...]

Estate planning: The Personal Finance column about estate planning in the March 7 Business section misidentified the book “Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!” by Andrew W. Mayoras and Danielle B. Mayoras as “Trial and Errors: Famous Fortune Fights.” Link  Report an error

Visual Effects Society: An article in Monday’s Calendar about the winners of the Visual Effects Society’s eighth annual VES Awards said that “Avatar” had been nominated in 11 categories. The film received 11 nominations in seven categories. In addition, the article said that “District 9″ won for outstanding composting in a feature. It won for [...]

In last week’s Hills & Valley Messenger, the article “Tough cat laws close in Mitcham” included a quote from Mitcham Animal Management Committee chair and councillor Diana Gibbs Ludbrook which was incorrect. The quote “It’s not meant to be primitive but educative,” should have read “It’s not meant to be punitive but educative.” The error [...]

Spot the typo in this New York Times correction from today (click for larger): Thanks, Tim!  Report an error

I am sorry to disappoint all the readers who wished to apply for the position, but New Orleans does not employ a “sex assessor.” That was a misprint in Wednesday’s column. It should have read “tax assessor.” Slips don’t come much more Freudian than that. Link Thanks, Todd!  Report an error

Have Coffee Will Write spotted this unfortunate headline typo on Slate’s section, The Slatest: Thanks, Mary!  Report an error

We lamented that some skiers fail to pull a “chord” to inflate their avalanche airbag systems, a circumstance that could be explained by their being tone-deaf, we suppose (16 January, p 15). Link  Report an error

A CD review in the Jan. 15 Weekend section misstated the name of a new album by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. It is “Genuine Negro Jig,” not “Genuine Negro Gig.” Link Thanks, Deann!  Report an error

While recognising that College societies may sometimes stray beyond their official raisons d’etre to pursue a wider range of interests, we were incorrect to report in our last issue that the Literary Society was hosting a “Boob Club” (What’s on this coming fortnight, page 9, October 14). They had, of course, settled for a Book [...]

We described Lee Daniels’s new film, “Precious”, (“Escaping from hell”, November 21st) as a shoe-in for the Academy Awards. As any horse-racing fan will know, it should have been—and will be—a “shoo-in”. Also, William Trevor’s “Love and Summer” (December 5th) is a novel and not a collection. Link  Report an error

As noted by its Good, Bad, and Ugly blog, Reuters had an unfortunate boy/buoy typo in a recent story. The incorrect text made it onto many websites, including the New York Times (note the last graf): The corrected version of the story was sent with this correction: Corrects reference in paragraph six to read “buoy” [...]