An oldie, but goodie from when I proofread "The Gentle Falcon" by Hilda Lewis.
It was littered with many scannos, but above all, this was the funniest:
She came running from her great chair and put her anus about me.
Umm, that should be arms, not anus. LOL
Valerie
On May 22, 2017, at 4:37 PM, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Booksharian Friends,
This is a call out for you to tell us some of your most recent or memorable
scannos. I’ve been collecting them in a group list all along but you may have
come across some you haven’t posted lately. The list is so inclusive I don’t
find brand new scannos too often but today I added waited for wasted.
Here’s the context though that won’t be in the alphabetized list.
“Waited good whiskey when he did,” Samuel growled.
for
“Wasted good whiskey when he did,” Samuel growled.
Coincidentally, Samuel, a character in an entertaining book I’m proofreading,
happens to be blind.
Sure it will be marvelous if they improve OCRs so much that scannos don’t
happen anymore but we’ll miss those little monkeys that keep us on our toes
and can be hilarious.
Give this some thought since the scannos you send will become a V I P (land
in a very important place) somewhat immortalized.
And, scannos perk up list mail as we all nod in recognition having seen the
same or similar ones in our scanning and proofreading.
Thanks.
Always with love,
Lissi
