Tesco. Don't you love 'em...

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 08 Jul 2011, 18:43

Least it's not Dezul!

Hundreds of folk still have trouble spelling Citrone/Sitrun/Citroen even when
they own one with the name written on it!!

Citroening · Post by **Citroening** » 08 Jul 2011, 18:48

True!

...and don't forget Z.antia!

I see that the forum filter corrects Xantia if you spell with a Z!

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 08 Jul 2011, 19:06

I see that the forum filter corrects Xantia if you spell with a Z!

apparently it does with Citr eon too!!
That's fiendishly thoughtful Xac/Jim!

Post by **CitroJim** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:00

Funny how the old (old being the operative word) works. I did not see the spelling mistake at first and then it took a bit to spot it..

It's a well known fact that you read patterns and spelling errors can be so easily missed.

It looked so very much like diesel and that's how my brain saw it

t's smlr t hw y cn typ a sntnc lmst wtht ny vwls nd stll mk sns f t...

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:02

CitroJim wrote:
t's smlr t hw y cn typ a sntnc lmst wtht ny vwls nd stll mk sns f t...

Very easy to read

Post by **myglaren** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:06

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Trainman · Post by **Trainman** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:22

Errrr........

Bloody show off.....

Post by **myglaren** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:23

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:23

Problem with being a graphic designer is (like a policeman

) I'm never
"off duty" so when I see an appalling mess purporting to be graphic
"communication" I feel a need to vent my professional fury and highlight
the inadequacies and gaffes to anyone misfortunate to be in the vicinity!!

It's a frightening fact that people rarely re-read what they've written.
I regularly see typo's on the FRONT COVER of the Times newspaper etc!

Steve, Lorem Ipsum or Jabber sometimes makes more sense than what
I get from household names clients presenting content for brochures/adverts
/exhibitions etc and whilst I agree I'm not 100% perfect/accurate all of the
time, I need to rescue them from themselves; here I go nicely setting myself
up!

I sometimes make errors in my typing when my fingers have trouble
keeping up with my thoughts and I too hurry my re-read...

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:25

BTW - It's all Latin to me - is it a word hunt as Bibendum jumped out
at me immediately!!

Post by **myglaren** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:28

Yes, thank Og for spillchuckers!

I sometimes find that I have written a word perfectly, but reversed. Haven't a clue how that happens.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:34

myglaren wrote:Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, vehicula quam massa id nullam, pede pellentesque rutrum sodales aut commodi, in vulputate quam at lorem sapien, vulputate nec nulla interdum, nec turpis sit hac augue. Rhoncus maecenas augue justo sed in quam, justo suspendisse cras blandit nec erat, vel sagittis nullam, suspendisse rutrum a ipsum dolor ante ac, enim ullamcorper. Integer at nam at ornare vulputate, et qui mauris duis adipiscing velit ornare, tortor mauris quam magna luctus sagittis volutpat, libero fermentum, volutpat a orci nulla amet. Rhoncus mauris dui. Risus quisque. Odit convallis sem wisi, ut amet tristique imperdiet sapien at, mi accumsan nulla metus in a, ultrices sit nullam, eget pede aenean enim dui et tellus. Vitae eu malesuada nonummy nulla proin adipiscing, ultrices vivamus massa luctus, mauris a eu purus vehicula.

Nonummy sociosqu, eu wisi nunc ligula feugiat tempor libero, massa nullam bibendum, dictumst congue wisi pede egestas. Est lacus massa, tincidunt sodales libero amet lacus est donec, quam aliquam magna vestibulum, fermentum sed in dignissim magna, etiam massa magna scelerisque at odio. Arcu ullamcorper sodales tellus quisque felis, massa elit eu maecenas, congue vulputate tristique malesuada nullam. Quis ut aenean iaculis tincidunt imperdiet, integer sodales est dictum eget arcu, nec pellentesque diam, mauris wisi turpis, erat eu interdum dignissim placerat. Auctor vivamus odio pellentesque aliquam in, eleifend at proin elit, duis nec non et. Sit justo, nunc venenatis pellentesque lacus. Magna accumsan nulla eu nunc, lectus vitae hac sit. Morbi lorem tincidunt curabitur hac luctus, nullam egestas proin, porttitor maecenas elementum. Ut pellentesque leo ut amet, tortor tellus commodo amet luctus aliquam ornare, ut quisque odio fermentum praesent ac, velit pellentesque suspendisse ac, dui urna proin et. Augue ornare id sagittis vehicula, congue pede proin felis, tincidunt et hymenaeos ac ornare, lectus faucibus fusce nunc nec, faucibus pellentesque suspendisse et donec donec. Fermentum ullamcorper, et pharetra ultricies elementum condimentum egestas sodales.

Varius ac et at, fames lorem diam, quis enim, senectus sapien orci sit laborum elit. Vitae platea felis nec tortor ut, egestas ultrices tortor donec velit vel, consequat purus, nibh laoreet, ante arcu magna aliquet neque eget accumsan. Praesent ultricies viverra est at lacinia mollis, luctus arcu sagittis suscipit libero litora, id quia egestas sollicitudin sed, volutpat dictum quisque. Feugiat sed magna maecenas sodales. Posuere fusce vestibulum, non vestibulum, ut ut suscipit, arcu eget.

Faucibus tortor et, sit morbi volutpat et sint, est aliquet nulla eu sit, inceptos turpis, feugiat commodo placerat. At maecenas, mauris dictum aliquam ut, sed molestie varius, porta semper semper porttitor tortor tristique ut. Nulla accumsan, magna magna cursus hendrerit, nostra pellentesque eget. Libero amet dolor, et aliquet duis orci consectetuer, risus odio donec molestie posuere ultricies, fringilla non libero. Ut erat libero consectetuer, neque nisl mi, mauris sed odio diam purus excepteur, felis lacinia et fermentum, amet curabitur id diam massa bibendum. Nec elit rutrum habitant pellentesque, hendrerit accumsan proin massa, enim velit massa est suspendisse blandit ante, nunc quam nibh nunc faucibus mauris, odio enim amet sed quos. Adipiscing tortor pulvinar lorem ac ullamcorper nullam, enim sit vero dolor, laoreet ac vehicula dolor sodales posuere vel, arcu eros, tincidunt ullamcorper id aptent. Aenean urna, a vel tincidunt non aliquam sapien urna. Vel morbi suspendisse. Phasellus pharetra accumsan. Sit lacus a porttitor, ligula sed ipsum.

He's speaking in tongues! Burn him! Burn him!

Citroening · Post by **Citroening** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:36

Talking of which, I couldn't resist taking a snap of this that was in a baker's window of their (!) grammar mistake...

Post by **CitroJim** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:43

myglaren wrote:Lorem ipsum

This is a very famous piece of text used as a 'filler' when setting out a design of say, a webpage or when you want a big lump of text to test something.

Wikipedia has a whole article on it. It's not random at all and in fact the article offers an English Translation!

andmcit wrote:I sometimes make errors in my typing when my fingers have trouble keeping up with my thoughts and I too hurry my re-read.

And

myglaren wrote:I sometimes find that I have written a word perfectly, but reversed. Haven't a clue how that happens

Both these conditions are very commonplace when thinking and typing at the same time. Nothing to worry about and very normal. I do it all the time and quite often type a load of dyslexia! Funnily enough nowadays I can only get my thoughts down by typing. I have totally lost the ability to do it using handwriting.

Some studies believe that this phenomenon is most often seen in those with above-average intelligence. In fact, when I was a kid struggling with my speech it was long thought that I was thinking faster than my vocalisation would allow me to articulate those thoughts and hence I'd trip up on my words and they'd come out as a garbled mess or just jam up - just as our typing often does....