Sunday 30 December 2012

Not Washed or Cooked, # 1

I'm trying to clear the seasonal mangles before the season ends, so here's a link the Daily Mail posted, without spellchecking or proofreading it, on the index of its website on Christmas Eve:

Oddly, the headline on the linked page was almost identical, except that it was correct:


It's not the first time the newspaper has run an 'old, faux Christmas tree' story — complete with the same typo. Here's 2007's version:



The Mail seems to be fond of this typo. There are other headlines and links (sometimes with one or other corrected), copy and captions:

 










There are more… and I think we'll be meeting this one again.

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