Spelling by ear: If we don't ban together ...
What do you make of this hed? Accident -- a typo that got past an already short-staffed desk (with deadlines pushed up for the holiday, occurring atop the sort of breaking story that tends to crash in right on deadline anyway)? Or a deliberate choice, produced by someone who's used to hearing "bantogether" but not used to seeing "band together" written?Language Czarina was pretty convinced it was a typo (not a bad strategy -- when in doubt, bet on human error). I wanted to hold out hope for the spell-by-ear option. Then I saw this, among the comments on a story elsewhere:
People will not ban together with a boycott if this happens.
So I'm a little more inclined to think it was intentional. What do you characters think?
posted by fev at 11:33 AM
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I don't remember encountering this before, but upon examination I have to agree that it's intentional. http://tinyurl.com/yh87teu
It could be a typo, but the linguist in me sees a perfect environment for the spell-by-ear mistake.
Gee, I really hope it was a mistake. Benefit of the doubt here.
Oh, it's a mistake. That's not in dispute. The question is whether the word was chosen intentionally or was meant to be "band" but was mistyped.
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