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

[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

[sinkwriter.livejournal.com]

*laughing and laughing*

Yes indeed. People, "site" is not a 'modern-day,' shorter way to spell "sight." It's a whole other word with a whole other meaning. And at that point they might want to consider getting themselves a thorough beta reader.

[seagray.livejournal.com]

What's really scares me is that I see a lot of that in stories with one or more beta readers acknowledged! The blind leading..