Quotable typos - I can't believe I just typed that!

Alkinris
Quotable typos - I can't believe I just typed that!

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Nov 1, 2009 - 22 54

At times my typing/spelling leaves a lot to be desired. So here's the first of a "I can't believe I just typed that" thread. Can you guess what I should have typed?

blind earlashes

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stace8383Glowing Halo

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Nov 1, 2009 - 23 45

"I'll be eaten tomorrow morning" -- > should have been "I'll be LEAVING tomorrow morning" :)

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Nov 2, 2009 - 01 53

'-slashed Em a grin'

Er...that should be FLASHED

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Nov 2, 2009 - 01 55

"He held a steaming cup of tea in one word"

Err ... that should have been "hand".

Obsessed with word count, much? :P

L

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LoquaciousLanaGlowing Halo

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Nov 2, 2009 - 01 56

Stace! 7000 words?! With a baby?

What's your secret? :P

L

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Nov 2, 2009 - 03 45

"It's just all so exciting," chirped in another one of the gits.

Though they may all be gits, I really meant girls.... :-/

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Nov 2, 2009 - 04 19

Maybe that character was trying to direct your plot? I mean if they're that insistent on being eaten... :D

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Nov 2, 2009 - 04 29

Friggin broken intertron tubes... Double postage.

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Nov 2, 2009 - 04 36

'Slashed a grin' makes me think of the Joker.

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Nov 2, 2009 - 17 00

LoquaciousLana wrote:
Stace! 7000 words?! With a baby?

What's your secret? :P

L

She sleeps a lot! :)

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Nov 2, 2009 - 17 01

"neat green laws".... um, LAWNS maybe?!

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Nov 2, 2009 - 18 40

*lol* Like more mandatory public transport and compulsory recycling :)

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Nov 4, 2009 - 19 08

Woo, another one - "my dead girl" - what kind of thing is that to call your fiance?!

OOPS

Should be "my DEAR girl" of course! :)

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Nov 8, 2009 - 02 18

"The warehouse in which they worked was also underground, and as most slaves were forced to work from dawn to duck, they..."

Yup, they're all forced to work with ducks :)

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Nov 8, 2009 - 06 32

"The old man pushed his arms behind him against the canbinet and stumbled to his feed."

Yep he stumbled not to his feet, but to his feed.

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Nov 8, 2009 - 06 33

Ducks are hard taskmasters, too.

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Nov 9, 2009 - 05 24

yes, ducks can be very bossy :)

Mine... his arm was off so the charm hit the doorframe.

it was meant to be... his aim was off so the charm hit the doorframe.

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Nov 9, 2009 - 22 50

Haha, very nice :)

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Alkinris

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Nov 10, 2009 - 00 30

Got another one...

"Roses boarded the house."

Just like pirates... should really be "Roses bordered the house."

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Nov 10, 2009 - 01 36

Don't change it! Run with it :-)

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Nov 10, 2009 - 02 51

"he shrugged due to uncertainty and then gave a lol"

And it took me a moment to realize that lol should have been laugh.

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Nov 10, 2009 - 03 26

Wow, isn't it so sad that when people think of laugh, they think lol first. Scary stuff. Heh.

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Nov 10, 2009 - 13 07

"when I awoke the next worming"

Eeeew - when I what?

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Nov 20, 2009 - 04 22

Haha, nice :)

'Nother one :3
"...Mainsetta sent me to find me...."

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