Mechanism for lobbying missiles or an author's body of work?

[kim reynolds]

No: HPFGUIDX 114402

Siriusly Snapey Susan wrote:

>List elves, kindly forgive what is to follow.  It's not OT, really, but I recognize that it is my airing of a pet peeve.<  

>We all boo-boo from time to time--heaven knows I've deleted a fair number of my own posts here and have been red-faced over errors in logic--but if I might, I would like to point out the following:

>cannon - a large, artillery gun, usually on wheels; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force<

>canon - sanctioned or accepted body of related works; the authentic works of a writer<

>JKR has produced a canon, not (as far as we know) a cannon.  :-) Please forgive if this sounds pompous or snarky; it's not intended to.  Just a friendly neighborhood Public Service Announcement.<  

Then Dharma replied:

>Well at the risk of find and Elf shoe far too close to my posterior, I'm posting a reply :)< 

>Thanks for the reminder to watch spelling and homophony.  There is quite a bit of room for error with words like Kreacher-Kreature-Creature-Creacher, Snivellus-Snivelus, cannon-canon, Hermione-Herminie, Weasley-Weasly and Sirius--serious-serous-series.  These are all little things that I've seen or done myself in a rush. Because wordplay is such an important part of the HP series, there is quite a bit of room for a typo here or there.  It is easy to make a mistake, and not always so easy to see minor errors while in the midst of formulating ideas, theories and arguments.<

>So thanks again for the reminder to be consistent!!<


Kim here, everybody, and have your Elf shoes at the ready:

I agree, though I thnik most typoos may be teh result of people not proofreading theri posts befroe sending them...  I'm in the habit of proofreading on account of the work I do for a living, and I've got the lousy vision to prove it, but I'd get in trouble if my work was full of boo-boos.  And yet on occasion mistakes can still get past my bespectacled eagle eyes.  It tends to bother me more when the wrong words are used.  Case in point, was that a typo or do missiles really know how to lobby? They should lobby for themselves instead of getting people to do their dirty work for them...  ;-)

Kim