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Latest blunder Jul 12, 2007

I've just made what could have been a howler that my spell checker would blithely have let through — I'm in the middle of a text about the European Onion! (well, it makes me cry!)
 
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Mine Dec 13, 2007

'crapacity' [now how does one measure crapacity of a translator's life, huh?]
 
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Since this seems to be a distinctly slow-burning (and perennial) topic ... Jul 9, 2008

... I thought I'd add today's "Dragonism": "Customer inflammation". I had to take a tea-break after that.
 
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