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

[cadbury_moose@wandering.shop]

@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(>

[cadbury_moose@wandering.shop]

@towo @cstross

Has anyone yet managed to parbreastion a disk?

[tautology@infosec.exchange]

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

[zotz@ohai.social]

@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."

[argonel@dice.camp]

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

[zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net]

@cstross Always check for the word boundaries

[jimfl@hachyderm.io]

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

[blotosmetek@circumstances.run]

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

[dtraslerwriting@mastodon.social]

@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...

[jupiter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

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