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Originally Posted by Kulgan  I really believe that a lot of these errors were committed in production, tho REF is probably responsible for some of them too. I hate a mispell because it jerks you right out of the world you're engrossed in and back to whatever we call 'reality'.
Over many years I have noticed more and more misspellings in books, newspapers and other printed media and it seems to be getting worse. I attribute much of it to the deterioration of general literacy in society, as well as a 'who give a damn as long as i get a paycheck' attitude among publishing personell.
What gripes me as much or more is to hear news anchors and other TV and radio people constantly mispronouncing relatively common words. A quarter century or so back, they woukd have lost their jobs for that. |
I guess alot of the problem has to do with how lazy people have generally become. With applications such as Microsoft Word people tend to skip typo's and only work on the words that have the squiggly red lines underneath. That and general lack of work ethic is to blame. Oh and deadlines. Oh and wages.. probably.