I passed by a church billboard once that promoted the glories of "Jesus Crist".

I bet they bought that $1.99 Bible.

Totally unrelated, I am endlessly amused that Groupon sent me a deal for something called "Savage Race Ohio" and "The Survival Race." I think they need to hone their demographics. I don't race, and I especially don't participate in events that sound WAY too similar to the Quarter Quell. And that's because I know I would be the first to die in the Hunger Games. I could *maybe* bruise someone with my sharp wit, but Katiss would arrow me before I could even choke out a bon mot.

Nice try, Groupon.

I always think that on certain websites, standards will be upheld, and not so much it turns out.

In one of the October Daye books I just found a "taunt" that was supposed to be "taut". I was so disappointed - I feel like Seanan's one of us (once removed) via PC, therefore would be mortified. So I assume it was someone else's error after it left Seanan's hands. And at least it's only once. I had to give up on a book where the author was in love with "demur", but kept spelling it "demure". I was yelling at the book (She did NOT "demure"! It's not a VERB!) so I finally just put it in my Goodwill box.

I just found a "taunt" that was supposed to be "taut". I was so disappointed

I bet that's one of those words that your fingers betray you on -- you mean to type "taut" and your fingers make it "taunt". Seriously, I cannot type "ratio" without consciously spelling it out in my head, R-A-T-I-O, as I type. Otherwise my fingers add an "n" and make it "ration" EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Why, fingers? Why?

My fingers have this problem with jounral. This was a real problem when I worked in an academic library.

for those of you playing along at home, I am down to 7 invoices in the queue.

Every time I return an article, I upload it and fill out a form to indicate if it has changes. And every time, I type "Chnages as indicated on proof." And then I go back and correct it, because it looks really bad when your editor can't spell "changes".

Maybe I should stop using the word "changes" and just type "Thag fix words. You see."

If I find myself typing the name Lucius, I have to pause not to type lucious--which I just had to correct. Darn you, Lucius Malfoy.

I don't know how many "taunt" abs I've read about in fic.

Seriously, I cannot type "ratio" without consciously spelling it out in my head, R-A-T-I-O, as I type. Otherwise my fingers add an "n" and make it "ration" EVERY SINGLE TIME.

I do the same thing! And I work in video post-production, where the term "aspect ratio" comes up a LOT. You'd think I'd eventually learn.

And I work in video post-production, where the term "aspect ratio" comes up a LOT. You'd think I'd eventually learn.

I'm a medical editor -- there are all kinds of lab test ratios! My fingers NEVER learn!

Totally unrelatedly (this makes the second time I've done that in the last 5 minutes), it is the CUTEST thing in the world when the dog is sleeping...and starts wagging his tail! I hope he got some dream bacon.

At least "ration" and "taunt" are real words. When I'm typing "reference" I have to go super slow or I add extra -er's. And when I'm handwriting "both", I add an e at the end fully one quarter of the time. No clue why on that one - unless my brain just autopilots to "the".

But just as I believe you would be mortified to publish an errant "ration", I'm certain Seanan would be horrified by that "taunt". Because, as you stated earlier, Words Mean Things. (And believing that does not make you pedantic or anal-retentive. Dammit.)