<![CDATA[#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing.]]> Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing.

Character name changes. If for some reason you change the name of a character you *really* need to double-check that it's changed *everywhere*. Hint: regular expressions and global *conditional* search/replace are your tools. Also how to manage word stemming with regexps. Then triple-check *everything*. Otherwise—guaranteed—you'll flip a character's name in one paragraph and the internet will never let you forget it!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/jupiter/statuses/116461649696360704https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/jupiter/statuses/116461649696360704Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:49:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:28:07 GMT]]>@blotosmetek @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross I heard about the book that replaced "mage" with Wizard" and someone ended up gazing at a painted iwizard...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dtraslerwriting/statuses/116461567170604832https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dtraslerwriting/statuses/116461567170604832Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:28:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:14:26 GMT]]>@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross "buttbuttination of the ambbuttador"…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/blotosmetek/statuses/116461513351608623https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/blotosmetek/statuses/116461513351608623Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:10:32 GMT]]>@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross Is there any course for refrock?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimfl/statuses/116461498024831336https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimfl/statuses/116461498024831336Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:10:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:01:59 GMT]]>@cstross Always check for the word boundaries 😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.surazal.net/users/zalasur/statuses/116461464426398748https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.surazal.net/users/zalasur/statuses/116461464426398748Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:01:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:55:53 GMT]]>@towo @cstross different, but not unrelated to the s****horpe problem.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/Argonel/statuses/116461440458897029https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/Argonel/statuses/116461440458897029Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:55:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:49:59 GMT]]>@cstross

I think the canonical example was a US newspaper - the New York Times, possibly - stating that the economy was "back in the African-American."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115769947899530117/statuses/116461417230341576https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115769947899530117/statuses/116461417230341576Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:49:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:42:42 GMT]]>@towo @cstross mixing this with the scunthorpe problem can lead to some amusement, such as buttbuttinating someone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tautology/statuses/116461388609700093https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tautology/statuses/116461388609700093Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:42:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:36:45 GMT]]>@towo @cstross

Has anyone yet managed to parbreastion a disk?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116461365174331549https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116461365174331549Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:36:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:33:13 GMT]]>@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

No no no; "trousers" are plural, so the next line should be "Are they going to fall down?"

<Cue custard pie fight>

<Ahem>

Sorry. 3:O(>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116461351298229483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116461351298229483Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:33:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:31:36 GMT]]>@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

May I assume that instead of dollars the bill was payed in puppetars?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/ap/users/116109979672920058/statuses/116461344976737033https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/ap/users/116109979672920058/statuses/116461344976737033Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:31:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:30:18 GMT]]>@owent
Soup adverts all over again.
@alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/kianryan/statuses/116461339835690694https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/kianryan/statuses/116461339835690694Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:30:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:29:39 GMT]]>@Illuminatus @quixoticgeek @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

Double!

🤣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116461337261315217https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116461337261315217Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:29:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:27:51 GMT]]>@cstross
The good old "dawizard" from D&D comes to mind.
Hint for the unitiated: 4d6 dawizard.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/towo/statuses/116461330193602608https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/towo/statuses/116461330193602608Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:27:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:27:00 GMT]]>@alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross yu. I changed a character's name from Roy to Fred, and had him sailing up the Channel in a destfreder.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/robparsons/statuses/116461326844795793https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/robparsons/statuses/116461326844795793Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:27:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:22:12 GMT]]>@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

I get the impression that occutrousers are a good thing, at least in this case. Though I can imagine that if different occutrousers replaced these it would be very bad.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Retreival9096/statuses/116461307978304533https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Retreival9096/statuses/116461307978304533Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:22:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:21:34 GMT]]>@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross Obviously, your immediate course of action is to create an entry on .

Edit: It exists. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=occutrouser

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/baltakatei/statuses/116461305473608026https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/baltakatei/statuses/116461305473608026Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:21:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:20:48 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross I'm sorry, but this is hilarious.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Illuminatus/statuses/116461302490907254https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Illuminatus/statuses/116461302490907254Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:20:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:16:25 GMT]]>@owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross another book did this and resulted in particitrousers...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116461285271176227https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116461285271176227Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:16:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:15:46 GMT]]>@jmax @landley @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross s/apartment/flat/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/116461282705865483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/116461282705865483Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:15:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:12:56 GMT]]>@alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/owent/statuses/116461271579273988https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/owent/statuses/116461271579273988Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:12:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:10:13 GMT]]>@landley @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross What, without using the suffix -um?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116461260847497599https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116461260847497599Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:10:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:07:44 GMT]]>@cstross @snap2grid Ah, that's probably what I was thinking of, yes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/bellinghman/statuses/116460071433964145https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/bellinghman/statuses/116460071433964145Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:07:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:04:33 GMT]]>@cstross I bought Lev Grossman The Magicians ebook. The first word of the book is misspelled and it’s the protagonist’s name “Quenctin” Unimpressed. Then the pseudo Narnia explanation and my DNF circuit kicked in.

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