Double-take, # 142

This comes via John Holloway, who comments: ‘A submarine blockage or a submarine blockade?’ As often happens, it’s hard to tell whether the mangle is due to a typographical error or a genuine confusion of words:

Link: BBC iPlayer, ‘2–6 March 1915. Home Front — Omnibus’

blockage for blockade

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 153

This was submitted by Mo Juste in mid-October, but the error has still not been corrected:

Link: BBC iPlayer Radio, Feedback (10 October, 2014)

30 day

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 29

Quite difficult to decide which category these belong in. Submitted by John Holloway, they are not quite mangling English as such, but certainly mangling in English!

Link: BBC iPlayer, 15 Minute Drama, ‘The Tale of Mr Toad’

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