Take a look at this sign:
Does it look normal to you? Yes? Look closer:
Still don’t see it? Here, I’ll spell it out for you:
Now, here at Georgetown Univeristy, we pride oursevles at our renowend intellegnece. We are one of the top univeristies in the counrty and this one litle speeling mishap should not besmicrh our good name. I am sure that the univeristy will rectfiy this eror very soon once it is brouhgt to their atentoin.
The fact that nobdoy notcied this befroe futrher supprots the theory of Typoglycemia: as long as the frist and lsat letrtes of a word stay in their corrcet place, the lettres in bewteen can be in any order and pepole can still read them just fine.
This is why the world needs copy editors. Hopefluly, when we get back in Augsut, this sign will be fixed. Only time will tell.
Anonymous • May 19, 2013 at 7:06 pm
Repeat offenders. Wasn’t this error or a similar one also on a graduation program a few years ago?
Martin Hussey • May 17, 2013 at 4:42 pm
not to mention THIS extremely unfortunate spelling error. University is a hard word to spell, in our defense. https://www.npr.org/2011/05/23/136572146/georgetown-graduation-program-misspells-university