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#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24 Share a silly mistake you've made while writing.

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  • illuminatus@mstdn.socialI illuminatus@mstdn.social

    @quixoticgeek @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross I'm sorry, but this is hilarious.

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    @Illuminatus @quixoticgeek @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

    Double!

    🤣

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    • owent@mastodon.socialO owent@mastodon.social

      @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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      #30

      @owent
      Soup adverts all over again.
      @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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      • owent@mastodon.socialO owent@mastodon.social

        @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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        #31

        @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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

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        • owent@mastodon.socialO owent@mastodon.social

          @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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          #32

          @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(>

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          • towo@chaos.socialT towo@chaos.social

            @cstross
            The good old "dawizard" from D&D comes to mind.
            Hint for the unitiated: 4d6 dawizard.

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            #33

            @towo @cstross

            Has anyone yet managed to parbreastion a disk?

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            • towo@chaos.socialT towo@chaos.social

              @cstross
              The good old "dawizard" from D&D comes to mind.
              Hint for the unitiated: 4d6 dawizard.

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              #34

              @towo @cstross mixing this with the scunthorpe problem can lead to some amusement, such as buttbuttinating someone.

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              • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                #WritersCoffeeClub 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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                @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."

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                • towo@chaos.socialT towo@chaos.social

                  @cstross
                  The good old "dawizard" from D&D comes to mind.
                  Hint for the unitiated: 4d6 dawizard.

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                  #36

                  @towo @cstross different, but not unrelated to the s****horpe problem.

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                  • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                    #WritersCoffeeClub 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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                    #37

                    @cstross Always check for the word boundaries 😅

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                    • owent@mastodon.socialO owent@mastodon.social

                      @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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                      #38

                      @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross Is there any course for refrock?

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                      • owent@mastodon.socialO owent@mastodon.social

                        @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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                        #39

                        @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross "buttbuttination of the ambbuttador"…

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                        • blotosmetek@circumstances.runB blotosmetek@circumstances.run

                          @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross "buttbuttination of the ambbuttador"…

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                          #40

                          @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...

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                          • owent@mastodon.socialO owent@mastodon.social

                            @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross

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                            #41

                            @owent @alicemcalicepants @nullcolaship @davidtheeviloverlord @cstross Blimey!

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