In this day and age, computers and technology have largely replaced the need for handwriting.
Handwriting as I remember it, with a couple of American variations.
I remember spending many hours at primary school, purely devoted to the practice of our penmanship. Our teachers drilled into us the importance of having perfect handwriting (though those who went on to become doctors seemed to miss the memo LOL).
There was even a section at the RNA Exhibition (the Brisbane Ekka), where students could enter a competition by submitting their handwriting exercise book from school, with prizes for the best!
Remember the Department of Education exercise books?!
I still remember the advent of the new style of running writing – “Queenland Cursive” they called it. It was being introduced back when I was in teacher’s college, so I had to learn to print and write, all over again!
And now? Handwriting in any form is pretty much a thing of the past – nearly everything is typed or texted.
The Age of the Terrible Typo
And so began the age of the “terrible typo”!
Now this is not a new phenomenon. Many years ago, my grandmother’s name was recorded on an official document, for all time, as Florence Mary ENEMA (instead of Emma!).
I’ve been known to make a couple of terrible typos in my time too 😉 .
Like the time a new copy of Footprints magazine came out, and alas my proof reading failed to pick up that I had inadvertently changed one contributor’s name from “Betty” to “Batty”! Needless to say I don’t think she ever wrote for us again …
And I’m sure we’ve all made the mistake at some time or other, of typing “pubic” instead of “public” … ooops.
Of course these days it’s not so much about terrible typos – but auto-correct fails – but that’s a story for another time!
What are some of the most memorable terrible typos you have ever come across?!
A colleague of mine ended an email advising a meeting change with “sorry for any incontinence”.
Haha that’s a classic!! Thanks for sharing!!!
No great ones come to mind! I tend to be more of a victim of autocorrect! And not even the riotously funny typos that go viral on the internet. Just dumb stuff that makes no sense!
I still marvel at how I even still know how to write. My fingers actually get sore if I write too much – it’s crazy how rusty I feel at it sometimes.
I find it really hard to write neatly these days, it’s such a rare occurence.
Anus for Angus is pretty common. Your poo grandmother though, hilarious.
Oh my I’ve never seen that one!!! Now you have to tell me – did you write my “poo” grandmother on purpose – or was it a typo?! It’s right in line with Anus and Enema after all!!!
I came across a misspelling of the word “eulogy” in an order of service: EUROLOGY! Nearly wet myself!
Oh my goodness – quite funny but maybe not in that context!!!