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So I was packaging up subs to send out tomorrow, and I may have committed the tyop of the century:

"Gordon Van Gender"

...glad I caught that one before I hit print.

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awriter
Oct. 13th, 2006 01:15 am (UTC)
*SPUTTER*
msisolak
Oct. 13th, 2006 01:20 am (UTC)
Could have been worse, Bear. You could have addressed it to Gordon van Gelded.

Just sayin'.

(I guess this means I can forgive myself for omitting the period after Ms. on that one submission, huh?)
hkneale
Oct. 13th, 2006 08:41 am (UTC)
Bwahahah!

Both of those are keyboard cleansing time.
aerden
Oct. 13th, 2006 01:21 am (UTC)
*giggles!*

I have typed 'cunt' when I meant to type 'count' before. Boy, was my face red!

Chantal
lenasawyer
Oct. 13th, 2006 01:48 am (UTC)
Ouch. That make me snort my soft drink through my nose. You're a dangerous typoist.
anton_p_nym
Oct. 13th, 2006 02:27 am (UTC)
I can see it now... stories of the legendary literary boo-boos uncaught by automation... an entire series... we'll call it: "TALES OF THE SPELLCHECKER."

-- Steve's wondering if he can get away with making a "and now you'll write it and we'll split the credit" joke, too.
sclerotic_rings
Oct. 13th, 2006 02:31 am (UTC)
That's what Spellfecker is for.
sclerotic_rings
Oct. 13th, 2006 02:29 am (UTC)
Better "Gordon Van Gender" instead of "Gordon Van Gelded", right? I think he'd take a lot less offense at the former...
feyandstrange
Oct. 13th, 2006 02:36 am (UTC)
I tink I got spam from him once.
madwriter
Oct. 13th, 2006 02:38 am (UTC)
Then again, at this point you're well-known enough that he might've thought you were teasing him...
(Anonymous)
Oct. 13th, 2006 04:17 am (UTC)
That's
almost as good as "Help me Obi can o' beans, your my only hope." It's an oldie but a goodie.

Jim
rickybuchanan
Oct. 13th, 2006 08:10 am (UTC)
I do so love the power of doing copy-editing :)

*evil laughter*

r
papersky
Oct. 13th, 2006 11:55 am (UTC)
That's how everyone should have addressed the F&SF slush bomb!
matociquala
Oct. 13th, 2006 11:56 am (UTC)
It's a genre-wide case of staircase wit!
dershem
Oct. 14th, 2006 01:37 am (UTC)
Definitely something you would have got male about. :)
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