Strange Errors I’ve Made Recently

Here I list a few I came across, with possible interpretations!

1. “In moist cases you would be okay to do that…”

Could I have meant “most cases…” or could I have meant what I wrote: that something is only okay in a damp environment. The only other explanation verges on the deeply erotic, which I hesitate to expand on as this was a work email!

2.  “Just run a couple of quick testes to check on this…”

I can understand checking something with a few “tests”, but “testes”? That’s just strange… and disturbing. I attribute this to a most unfortunate typo (FSR!)!

3. “Don’t lose your patients…”

Perhaps I was trying to calm down a colleague I had angered. Or perhaps I was giving some all important advice to a doctor… Rule #1: don’t forget where your patients are. The problem is, I don’t recall emailing any doctors…? 

4. “The brest way to do it is…”

If that’s how they do it in the French town of Brest then it must be right… though how I  know this I have no idea. I’ve never even been to Brest!

5. “My bear chest…”

Now this is strange, typo aside. Alas, I cannot reveal what exactly I was writing about, but it was not about the fact I have an ursine chest! – I don’t; I have a standard issue man-chest.

6. “I’ve been to Europa many times…”

Yes, nothing wrong with that. I love going to Europa, you get a beautiful view of Ganymede and the Great Red Spot from the patio of the villa I rent… I suppose I should learn to use spell-check really.

7. “I had a quick cat with him the other day…”

Despite what I’d written, I meant “quick chat”… you know, to catch up, communicate, network. I did not mate with him quickly and produce feline offspring. That would just be weird!

8. “My password has expired so I can’t lodge into the system anymore.”

I think what happened here is that my typo was so far from the word I wanted (“log”) that Word assumed I was writing something else. Though lodging my fist into the system when “Surf Control” stops me checking my emails sounds pretty nice at the moment!

9. “It all depends on the angel you strike…”

No doubt I was talking about some sort of sport that requires aiming (snooker, origami, or gardening perhaps?). You know, work related stuff.

Alas, it probably does depend on the angel you strike… hitting Chamuel in the face would probably be okay, he’s a tolerant chap; wouldn’t want to poke Rashnu though, that might hurt my chances later!

That’s all I care to mention for now!