Regret the Error » valley news http://www.regrettheerror.com Mistakes Happen Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Paper misspells its name on front page http://www.regrettheerror.com/2008/07/23/paper-misspells-its-name-on-front-page/ http://www.regrettheerror.com/2008/07/23/paper-misspells-its-name-on-front-page/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:35 +0000 Craig Silverman http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=5564 New Hampshire and Vermont’s* Valley News could be a favorite for 2008′s Typo of the Year, thanks to it misspelling its own name on the front page on July 21. It published an editor’s note yesterday. Here’s what the paper looked like on the 21:

Many thanks to Ed for bringing it to my attention. He also provided me with a close-up scan of the front page, and the editor’s note:

*Correction July 23: This post originally said that the Valley News is based in Vermont. Though its mailing address is a P.O Box in Vermont and the paper in is distributed in that state, it is actually located in New Hampshire. Thanks, Dave!

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