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Random Humorous Typo Generator

 Look for near-misses on common words
 
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'Elves' to 'Elvis', rabbits to rabbis, etc etc etc. Essentially searches through a large database of humorous words and names looking for single-character differences.
—Corona688, Dec 10 2002

Typo from Hell http://www.laughs.c.../Laughs/LOTD138.htm
[Amos Kito, Oct 04 2004]

The Lost Consonant (1) http://www.john-nix...lost-consonants.htm
A quick introduction [PeterSilly, Oct 04 2004]

The Lost Consonant (2) http://www.grahamrawle.com/series.html
From the man himself. [PeterSilly, Oct 04 2004]

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       Baking this idea as I speak... need a large database of humorous words and names now.
—Corona688, Dec 11 2002
   

       You'll probably want to match parts of speech so the resulting typo will still work as a sentence. Nouns for nouns, verbs for verbs and so on.
—krelnik, Dec 11 2002
   

       A great link [AK].
—bristolz, Dec 11 2002
   

       A guy called Graham Rawle did a series of drawings for the Guardian (aka the Grauniad) entitled "The Lost Consonant". Very similar idea. Some links will be poted.
—PeterSilly, Dec 11 2002
   

       "poted"?
—angel, Dec 11 2002
   

       Yep - fitted in line with the annoation.
—PeterSilly, Dec 11 2002
   

       most certainly pissable.
—po, Dec 11 2002
   

       *poins and lauffs at awl the myspellurs*
—Pharaoh Mobius, Dec 11 2002
   

       We did something like this before, but I can't find it now. Might have been [blissmiss]'s...
—phoenix, Dec 11 2002
   

       Anyone whose used ass peach recognition program nose this is baked.
—n-pearson, Aug 19 2003
   


 

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