Daily Typo - September 4, 2008 - Transalt* (for Translate, etc.)

Typo of the Day for Librarians
Transalt* (for Translate, etc.)

In some cases, "Pass the salt" could mean transporting it over the ocean, or extracting it from the brine
itself. Some people are partial to sea salt; others are more salt of the earth. Language can be salty and so
can dogs. Salt was once considered more valuable than gold. We panned for the typo Transalt* in OhioLINK
and dug up 29 examples, including a sprinkling of "sics." (Picture of German salt crystals from
Berchtesgadan by Roger McLassus, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)

Carol Reid

Extracted, for AUTOCAT, from Typo of the Day for Librarians at http://librarytypos.blogspot.com/. If
you have comments about the words selected, how they are selected, or the way the items are written, please
contact Terry Ballard <terry.ballard@...>. 

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