The System 423: Types of Typos
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Some notes on the comic:
So I did actually find a list of common types of typos. I have no idea how official this list is, but it looked official enough. I had no idea there were so many formal ways of doing things wrong.
UPDATE: If you like this one, this is not the first comic about typos. Check out these two “Great Moments in Typo History”. (1) (2)
Also, thanks to Systemics Marty “Fn” Day and Rachel “Design Valkyrie” Mooney for chatting online and sharing their typo-related thoughts. Also for being bad typists, it helped.
ANOTHER UPDATE: No new comic for Friday, I’m pretty busy with New York Comic Con prep. See you at the con, and see the rest of you Monday!
October 6th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
in-game texter
"tdid you see fringe last night?"
where t key is used to initiate in-game chat and you add "t" to the beginning of everything…
solution? get a headset w/ mic you loser
October 6th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
I've done that countless times.
October 6th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Can I get this in a poster? I need two, one at home and one at my desk!
October 6th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
NICE. I anticipate a more extensive future version, a la XKCD's new map of the landscape of communications. How about the unintentional innuendo? Go tit!
October 6th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
My main problem is missing out whole words. Something I never spot (no matter how much I check and re-check it) until after it's sent/posted.
Most times it's an obvious slip and people figure out word is missing. (See what I mean?)
The problem comes when it's a key word in the sentence that I omit. So, for instance, if I wanted to say – She's cleaned a dirty dog – it might end up being – She's a dirty dog…
October 6th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I just started laughing out loud in the middle of the student center, surrounded by strangers. You win. Also, I too was hoping for the unintentional innuendo, or perhaps the innuendo that they want you to think is unintentional. And a more extensive version! <3
October 6th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I have a tendency to combine certain words: with + th* = withe, withat, etc
I guess that falls under the types too fast quick slip
October 6th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
I would just say two things: You need to proofread or Spell Check–won't help you w/ apostrophes; there/their; hear/here, etc. but it's a start.
I think 'Mystery Hand' would grab your reader's attention. They'll think you are writing in code and spend time trying to decipher it. Or, possibly a govt. agency will flag it and Big Brother will start watching you.
October 6th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
ti always do this after playing for a while
October 6th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
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October 6th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
I often have the jump and sometimes mystery hand. It's always amusing to notice you've written entire sentence off the keys without noticing.
yeah sorry about that.
October 6th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
You are missing one, where part of the sentence is accidentally moved to another part of the sentence, a common occurrence on laptops due to accidentally brushing the touchpad.
Ex:
You are missing one, where pon occurrence on laptops due to accidentally brushing the touchpad. art of the sentence is accidentally moved to another part of the sentence, a comm
October 6th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
^^hamuchpens to
October 7th, 2010 at 4:08 am
Okay, this? This I don't want as a T-shirt. Text would get too small.
This I need as a poster. Full scale, if you please, so that people who enter my room will immediately know how I feel about Typos.
Mother Fulcrum Typos.
October 7th, 2010 at 6:05 am
So did no one notice the typo in the comic?
October 7th, 2010 at 6:47 am
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October 7th, 2010 at 6:47 am
Well I did.
October 7th, 2010 at 9:41 am
I did as well
October 7th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Oh, someone else who deciphered it.
October 7th, 2010 at 9:52 am
I did as well. But then, at my age (which means I've typed–over a great # of years than you could possibly have been 'tweeting').
October 7th, 2010 at 11:09 am
WTF! (yeah sorry Abbout that
October 7th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
sorry i had to decipher the last panel. it says "yeah sorry about that." it was bothering me and wouldn't leave me alone! i blame my brain.
October 8th, 2010 at 8:24 am
I was hoping i was the only one so i could be cool
October 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Oh cool, now I don't need to do it.
October 11th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I do all of those! Except I read my messages before I send them, and fix any mistakes I made.
October 27th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
The idea of this website is that none/all of us are cool.
February 24th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
This is so full of win
March 8th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
yeah…sorry about that…
March 24th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
You missed one! Qkjd ;t;kdm g; yodavglu jt;kdogiap!Q = Somebody switched my Dvorak keymap on me = Why can't you use the same keymap as everyone else?
I'll tell you why! It's a pig-headed resistance to mediocrity! Same reason I avoid Microsoft software.
March 26th, 2011 at 1:12 am
Thsi is a rela good commic. It's reltaable.
March 26th, 2011 at 2:18 am
thxntks
March 28th, 2011 at 5:02 am
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March 30th, 2011 at 3:44 am
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April 20th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Am I the only one whose first instinct was to try and decipher the Mystery Hand text?
April 24th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
yeah it says "Yeah sorry about this"
November 12th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
The word is "Messenger". Sorry
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