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Author discovers decades-long misspelling in own book title

Original: Wow! And I mean, wow. I just learned that I've been misspelling a word for decades, in two millennia, not that I ever sp

A science fiction writer has revealed discovering they had been misspelling a word for decades, including in the title of one of their published books. In a surprised and self-deprecating post, the author noted that neither they nor their publisher ever caught the error, despite the word appearing prominently on the cover. Readers are responding with amusement and their own confessions of long-held spelling mistakes.

Why now: The embarrassment of a published, uncorrected misspelling in a book title is relatable and shareable.

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• Wow! And I mean, wow. I just learned that I've been misspelling a word for decades, in two millennia, not that I ever spelled it right at all. Not only that, my publisher didn't correct me. This is made worse by the fact that I used the word in the title of the book they… · sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe · 3

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