Friday, March 14, 2008

Develom*, etc. (for Development)

Yesterday's typo has led to some further developments. After perusing the Ballard list, I discovered that there are a lot of different ways to misspell this word and its attendant forms. As usual, it seems, the "devel" is in the details. The following typos fall from up on "high" down to the "lowest" level of probability:

Develom*
Developemnt
Developmen
Developmet*
Developom*
Devleo*
Devlop*
Developent*
Develp*
Devolop*
Developmant
Deveo*
Developmentt

(This little devil, looking like he's still in development, is actually a detail from the Codex Gigas, or "Devil's Bible," the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world, and can be found in the public domain at Wikimedia Commons.)

Carol Reid

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