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This is the Conversation Forum for How to Get the Best Out of a University Library << Not my uni's library... Subject: The Typo to End All Typos! Posted May 16, 2003 by David, the Singing Librarian Owl   Posting 1 My apologies for the paragraph headed 'Library Staff': "The bane of existence, only to be tolerated because otherwise books are completely inaccessible? Personal slaves who will hump to your every whim? Fun-loving crazy people? Machines built only to shush? Whatever you may think of the library staff, you'll end up having to relate to them at some point." The second sentence should of course be 'Personal slaves who will jump to your every whim?' I did spot it, but too late! On behalf of librarians as a species, I'd like to state that we are not (as a rule) quite as sex-crazed as this might suggest... David Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The Typo to End All Typos! Posted May 16, 2003 by Pimms Lettuce This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 I didn't spot that as a typo - I quite liked the image it engendered Pimms Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The Typo to End All Typos! Posted May 16, 2003 by Binaryboy This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 I quite liked the typo in the section about the importance of checking spellings. T S Eliot's poem is called 'The Waste Land', and not 'The Wasteland'. I don't normally point this sort of thing out because it is arsey, but here I thought it was moderately ironic. But I am feeling like that today because of too much Electric Six last night. Watch out BB Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The Typo to End All Typos! Posted May 16, 2003 by Ashley This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Fixed those. I should have spotted the Eliot one a mile away. he's one of my faveourite poets (despite being a despicable man). Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The Typo to End All Typos! Posted May 16, 2003 by David, the Singing Librarian Owl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 The Eliot one was obviously deliberate (he says, lying through his teeth) - it just goes to show that librarians aren't infallible and won't necessarily know if you've spelt something wrong! David Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The Typo to End All Typos! Posted May 16, 2003 by Hypatia This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 What do you mean we aren't perfect? Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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