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#225903 11-Dec-2017 08:54
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On this article NZHerald about the public sector Barry Soper made an interesting typo.

 

 

 

"The current Godfather of the pubic service, State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expect it will be corrected at some point :)


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  #1916368 11-Dec-2017 08:59
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timmmay:

 

Expect it will be corrected at some point :)

 

 

I wouldn't be so sure.

 

Both the NZ Herald and Stuff last week referred to Clark Gayford as the PM's husband. Days later neither had fixed it.

 

 




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  #1916372 11-Dec-2017 09:04
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I emailed the person who wrote the article, I would expect they can edit it.


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  #1916421 11-Dec-2017 10:03
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timmmay:

 

On this article NZHerald about the public sector Barry Soper made an interesting typo.

 

 

 

"The current Godfather of the pubic service, State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes"

 

 

 

Expect it will be corrected at some point :)

 

 

 

 

What a cock-up!





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  #1916460 11-Dec-2017 10:36
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SaltyNZ:

 

timmmay:

 

On this article NZHerald about the public sector Barry Soper made an interesting typo.

 

 

 

"The current Godfather of the pubic service, State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes"

 

 

 

Expect it will be corrected at some point :)

 

 

 

 

What a cock-up!

 

 

 

 

aaaarrrggghhhh tongue-out


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  #1916579 11-Dec-2017 11:51
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This is my all-time favourite typo:-

 

"When Dr B Orbell re-discovered the Takahe in 1945 there were an
estimated 250 to 260 pairs of the birds.

 

By 1966 the numbers had slowly fallen to 180 to 200 pairs,
and then dropped to 85 to 110 pairs by 1970.

 

At least eight consecutive years of normal reproduction and
low morality would be needed to stabilise the adult population,
Mr Reid said".


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  #1916654 11-Dec-2017 12:57
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Thats a bit of a hairy predicament


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  #1916863 11-Dec-2017 17:03
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timmmay:

 

On this article NZHerald about the public sector Barry Soper made an interesting typo.

 

 

 

"The current Godfather of the pubic service, State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expect it will be corrected at some point :)

 

 

This is not the first time .  I remember back in the early 1980s they  did the same in a headline in the business section for the Public Trust .  A friend of mine at the time who was a Linotype operator at the time  said it's a pity that the hadn't spelled  it Pubic Thrust. 





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