A whole new meaning

[sinkwriter]

I was just reading a piece of fanfic someone had posted online, and came across a wacky, misspelled word that made me laugh out loud.

The character was trying to regain his composure.

However... the author accidentally misspelled that word, and ended up saying the character was trying to regain his composer.

Which seems completely wrong. Then again, it was a Glee fanfic, which is all about glee club and singing and choir and performance, so maybe the character really was trying to regain a composer.

Heeeeeeeeeeee.

That's almost as chuckle-worthy as whenever I see this error: "She just couldn't bare it anymore."

I have no idea why, but apparently there are lots of characters out there who have trouble with nudity.

;)

Thankfully, neither of those errors are as cringe-worthy as this one: "He put his arms around her waste."

Please, for the love of everything Shakespeare, it's W-A-I-S-T. WAIST! NOT WASTE! Unless you really mean for your character to be holding someone else's, well... you get the pitcher. I mean, PICTURE!

*GRIN*

Comments

[poniesandphotos.livejournal.com]

Spelling has always been a challenge for me. I'm fairly dyslexic, and it has never come naturally to me. However I try to re-read anything for such goofs as the ones above before I post anything. I think the issue is that people have come to depend on auto correct too heavily.

That waste one is hilarious.

[krazykitkat.livejournal.com]

One that made me laugh the most was a character who was in a 'comma'. And then the doctor was amazed they woke up so quickly and that it was the shortest 'comma' on record.

So short it was a full stop ;)

[seagray.livejournal.com]

I blame the internet when I see a line like this: He feared when the bandages came off he would lose his site. :D

[ladymidath.livejournal.com]

One of my favourites is,' he reached for a vile of liquid. '