Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 192

A spell-checker wouldn’t have identified this as an error and the writer seems not to have checked the text, as Dr Faustus discovered:

Link: PinkNews, ‘Poll finds that same-sex marriage was most popular Tory policy’

fond for found

You Cannot Be Serious, # 31

A barely-believable mangle from the smartphone of Dr Faustus proves to be faithfully reproduced on the main website:

Cf. online: PinkNews, ‘Twickenham rugby fans accused […]’

homohpboic

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 44

Another lexical mis-selection spotted by Dr Faustus:

Link: PinkNews, ‘Avon and Somerset Police to launch new films tackling homophobic hate crime’

It is perhaps slightly worrying that the word that sprang to the writer’s mind was collusion rather than collaboration… A parapraxis?

collusion for collaboration

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 75

The error here was spotted by Richard Bonsor:

Link: Pink News, ‘Christian Voice leader: “Tesco support for gay rights to blame for super mouse infestation”’

Richard comments: ‘“A live mice was seen running along the floor of the warehouse.” Pretty sure a dead one wouldn’t do that and I’m even more sure the singular isn’t mice.’