History Main / AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter

* [[https://www.coastcapitalsavings.com/ Coast Capital Savings]], a Canadian credit union which offers free chequing accounts, has print ads which read "Free chequing. The 'R' is not a typo."[[note]][[CanadaEh Neither is the "qu."]][[/note]]

* An Australian newspaper advertising the Whitsundays (a popular holiday destination) had to do a frantic recall when the "W" was replaced by an "S". Another recall happened regarding headlines involving a visiting British countess. This time the "O" in "Countess" was missing.[[note]]Incidentally, the desire to avoid such embarrassment might be ''precisely'' the reason why in Britain the husband of a countess is called ''earl'' and not ''count''.[[/note]]

* Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson had this happen to him at one point. Noted for his extensive use of the veto when Governor, a Green Bay newspaper pointing this out tried to run a headline saying that "Thompson's Pen is a Sword." A spacing error resulted in thousands of Green Bay residents getting a morning newspaper proclaiming "Thompson's Penis a Sword."

* In [[Literature/TheBible the New Testament]], Jesus once famously declared that "it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven". This rather strange mental image led to numerous folk etymologies involving Jerusalem having a specific low gate which required everyone to bow to enter. In fact, it was merely a mistake in copying Greek text, substituting "kamelôs" for "kamilos" (rope). Jesus actually compared it to "threading a large rope through a needle", which potentially alters the meaning of the metaphor, since a rope can be trimmed to fit whereas a camel obviously cannot.

* An Australian newspaper advertising the Whitsundays (a popular holiday destination) had to do a frantic recall when the "W" was replaced by an "S". Another recall happened regarding headlines involving a visiting British countess. This time the "O" in "Countess" was missing.

* In ''Barefoot Boy with Cheek'' by Max Shulman, the articles from the Minnesota Daily are filled with references to "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etaoin_shrdlu Etaoin Shrdlu.]]"[[note]][[ShownTheirWork This would actually happen]] if a Linotype operator made a typing error, and would press the first two rows of keys in sequence to produce this nonsense phrase and indicate the printing slug should be removed. Sometimes they got past the compositor and proofreader and got printed anyways.[[/note]] One article includes an apology that Petey Loadsafun was "erroneously called Etaoin Shrdlu in yesterday's shrdlu."

* In ''Barefoot Boy with Cheek'' by Max Shulman, the articles from the Minnesota Daily are filled with references to "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etaoin_shrdlu Etaoin Shrdlu.]]"[[note]][[ShownTheirWork This would actually happen]] if a Linotype operator made a typing error, and would press the first two rows of keys in sequence to produce this nonsense phrase and indicate the printing slug should be removed. Sometimes they got past the compositor and proofreader and got printed anyways.]] One article includes an apology that Petey Loadsafun was "erroneously called Etaoin Shrdlu in yesterday's shrdlu."

* In ''Barefoot Boy with Cheek'' by Max Shulman, the articles from the Minnesota Daily are filled with references to "Etaoin Shrdlu." One article includes an apology that Petey Loadsafun was "erroneously called Etaoin Shrdlu in yesterday's shrdlu."

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' makes this into a RunningGag with Mr. Peanutbutter. Once per season, he'll use a print shop for signs and t-shirts, but the printer manages to print both the desired text [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud and the instructions he gave]], i.e. "[[AC: Happy Birthday Diane and use a pretty font]]."