How Embarassment for Monash University

[icyfroth]

Monash University mocked on Buzzfeed

Monash University has won a mention on one of the internet’s most popular viral news websites, Buzzfeed, but for all the wrong reasons.

The Melbourne university was mocked over a typo in a highly visible advertisement that appeared on a tram shelter in Melbourne last month.

The ad read "What’s more brilliant then a Monash degree," when it should have said "What’s more brilliant than a Monash degree".

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Ok anyone can make a typo , but what happened to proofreading? How many hands would that have gone through before it was signposted, and no-one picked it up?

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@freshwaterbeach wrote:

I must say that a clenched fish sounds a bit grim.....but certainly adds to the drama of the moment.

She El.....I can't stop laughing just picturing it.

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I  asked my publisher  to leave it in during subsequent reprints because it's such fun to show kids during school visits; and a classic example of the difficulties of proofreading - you read what you expect to see rather than what is actually there. I have been in classroms where it has been a set novel, or where the teacher has read it aloud to the class, and no-one has noticed it till I point it out to them.

[the_great_she_elephant]

Now if you want a university with real egg on face ..........

 http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/wa/19147692/curtin-uni-admits-ranking-mistake

[freshwater-2]

I have heard of women being de-briefed .....is that the equivalent of being con-tacted?

[polksaladallie]

Did anyone proofread the title of this thread?

[***super_nova***]

"How Embarassment  for Monash University"

How easy it is to write something else than we intended 🙂

[*crikey*mate*]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

When the manuscript for my book The Devil's Own, went to the printers it contained a sentence that read:  "He turned to face  Batavia's Graveyard and raised one clenched fist in a grim salute."

The typesetter made one tiny spelling mistake. When the galley proofs came back, I checked them, my editor checked them and I asked a friend to check them - we all missed it and what actually appeared on the page was:  "He turned to face Batavia's Graveyard and raised one clenched fish in a grim salute."

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and my scales have never grown back properly in that spot ever since.

[azureline**]

Yes but obviously this will not be seen by thousands............it is easy to miss spell or hit the wrong button here......

especially if using a phone or ipad.

I was just in Big W... a sign glaringly obvious "sorry for any inconveniance"

I was tempted to tell them....... but I controlled myself.

[twinkles**stars]

I now try to avoid using my phone to post 😞 So many mistakes it's embarrassing

[polksaladallie]

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@azureline** wrote:

Yes but obviously this will not be seen by thousands............it is easy to miss spell or hit the wrong button here......

especially if using a phone or ipad.

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I realise that (we all do it), it was ironic, that's all.  Glass houses and all that.....

[**meep**]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Did anyone proofread the title of this thread?

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yes, i thought it was intentional.