letter transpositions (was: an embarrassing mistake

Rita Winston catlady at wicca.net
Fri Jun 29 21:47:04 UTC 2001


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Benjamin" <jaffa276 at y...> wrote:
>  
> Believe it or not, this was actually part of a plotline in a book by 
> a well-respected author.

I looked at a book of Dianne Wynne Jones (right name? Chrestomancy?) 
short stories and one was about a science fiction author who draws 
inspiration from her typoes, so that trying to type the word 'and' 
gave her a character Dan, a spaceport Nad, and a technology ADN. 





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