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Topic: It wa-s aTrap on the Wings of Musac |
Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 11:18 am |
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Does any one else's copy of J.B.s book have as many typo's as mine?
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 2:04 pm
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Depending on how many type setting errors are in your copy, I am guessing the answer is no. I am usually fairly observant of these things when reading. I don't recall any, though I would be willing to pass over one or two.
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 2:51 pm I'm shocked and surprised!
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I've read my book cover to cover and can't recall a single 'error'.
Your copy might be worth far more since it might very well have been a printers' proof??? |
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 3:21 pm
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It starts on pg.16 of my copy with Bobby Nichols playing a"stool guitar" and Dick McIntire playing a"Fry-Pan Steal Guitar"
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Stephen Baker
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Lancashire, UK
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 4:29 pm
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| Maybe Bobby's guitar was a P.O.S |
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 5:36 pm
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No,I think it's a National. 
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 20 Feb 2014 1:04 pm Okay, how 'bout this?
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Print shops/publishers of olde, used to never permit a copy writer to proof read their own text. The errors are never seen again once they're written down. A printing machine operator routinely discovers the spelling errors after the first 5,000+ copies have run thro' his machine.
Did YOU realize that the 1996 Webster's Dictionary contains 315 spelling errors? |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 20 Feb 2014 3:53 pm
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My copy has become standard reading during my long trips back to England. The book must have crossed the Atlantic a dozen times over by now. Any more and they'll be giving it Frequent Flier Mileage. 
I don't recall any typos in it. As far as whether the facts are accurate, I wasn't there at the time, but Jerry would have no reason to misrepresent anything. 
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| ...Did YOU realize that the 1996 Webster's Dictionary contains 315 spelling errors? |
Well for Noah Webster that would be par for the course. His knowledge of etymology was not the greatest, and some of his recommendations for spelling revision were totally absurd. I bet you won't find many spelling errors in the Oxford English Dictionary.  |
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