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BIOLOGY FOR THE VERY YOUNG
Sometimes, even when a typo is noticed, there is literally no way to provide a correction. This is the conclusion reached by the editorial staff of the newspaper "Smena," which, in 1973, while publishing a story from the series "Stories About Animals for Children," made a small mistake. The story was about jerboas, which the author affectionately called "small, long-eared creatures." In the word "long-eared," the letters "u" and "kh" were swapped in places, and in this form, these biological facts were presented to the children of Leningrad. The editor received a severe reprimand from the party leadership.
A CASE INVOLVING THE EMPRESS
The most dangerous typos for editors are those in which unintentional obscenities creep into descriptions of the activities of those in power. Thus, in the rather liberal years at the beginning of the 20th century, the editor of the newspaper "Kievskaya Mysl" was put on trial for insulting the royal family. However, the case was dropped when it became clear that any public trial would only worsen the situation.
The cause of the outrageous scandal was an article titled "The Stay of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in Finland." In the word "stay," the letter "r" was cunningly replaced with "o," resulting in a monstrous obscenity.
Sometimes, even when a typo is noticed, there is literally no way to provide a correction. This is the conclusion reached by the editorial staff of the newspaper "Smena," which, in 1973, while publishing a story from the series "Stories About Animals for Children," made a small mistake. The story was about jerboas, which the author affectionately called "small, long-eared creatures." In the word "long-eared," the letters "u" and "kh" were swapped in places, and in this form, these biological facts were presented to the children of Leningrad. The editor received a severe reprimand from the party leadership.
A CASE INVOLVING THE EMPRESS
The most dangerous typos for editors are those in which unintentional obscenities creep into descriptions of the activities of those in power. Thus, in the rather liberal years at the beginning of the 20th century, the editor of the newspaper "Kievskaya Mysl" was put on trial for insulting the royal family. However, the case was dropped when it became clear that any public trial would only worsen the situation.
The cause of the outrageous scandal was an article titled "The Stay of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in Finland." In the word "stay," the letter "r" was cunningly replaced with "o," resulting in a monstrous obscenity.
Nobody knows who I really am...
I'm just so pretty in my pain...