Double-take, # 232

This mangled text was found on Oxford University’s website by Arina, who comments: ‘It’s hilarious that this comes from the description of a module on editing.’

Link: University of Oxford Language Centre, ‘English for Academic Studies’

Repetition of copy: ‘Editing your Thesis with Corpora is a short (12-hour) course designed for doctoral students who are at the transfer stage […] This 12-hour intensive course is designed for doctoral students who have passed the transfer stage […].’

Multimangle, # 48

Des Pond of Slough has now taken several online courses, of which the latest, delivered by Future Learn, is ‘From World War to White Heat: the RAF in the Cold War’, a collaboration by Royal Air Force [RAF] Museums and the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, under the guidance of Dr Ross Mahoney, Aviation Historian, RAF Museum, and Dr Emmett Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in History, Royal Holloway.

Des is usually full of praise for these courses, but this one has been dogged by badly-finished written materials. Submitting this example, Des remarks: ‘This is after typos had been pointed out by several people, so this is the corrected version.’

deminished; in for of, & boarders for borders

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 199

From one renowned university to another… Today’s mangle, submitted by Dr Faustus, is down to staff, not students:

Link: The University of Bern (Universität Bern), Center [sic] for Cultural Studies, ‘The Structure of the Word [sic] Literature Study Programme’

word for world

Not Washed or Cooked, # 219

From the menu at a recent conference at Warwick University (‘Warwick Conferences — Conference with Confidence’): 

creme Brulees with biscotti buiscuits; Galzed strawberry tartlets

Not Washed or Cooked, # 183

Another from Dr Faustus, this seems include all necessary details:

World Gold Counsil

Not Washed or Cooked, # 106

Dr Faustus has found another error in information posted by and for the Warwick Economics Summit:

Link: Warwick SU, ‘Warwick Economics Summit 2014’

It’s not clear if this is a typographical error or whether someone thinks it’s actually a word.

Not Washed or Cooked, # 104

New conference season, same old mangles.* Spotted by Dr Faustus:

Link: Warwick Economics Summit 2014, ‘Accomodation [sic]’

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose…


* See Not Washed or Cooked, # 73 for a range of earlier offerings.