What's one typo? While on the staff of the University newspaper, I learned it meant a lot. I had to write a headline for an article that invited students to meet with the deans from the various schools. My contribution to the important day appeared in bold type above the stern, scholarly portraits of the academics: “Deans' Day: Meat Heads of Departments.”
什么是筆誤?當(dāng)我在大學(xué)報(bào)社工作的時(shí)候,我明白了筆誤可能釀成大錯(cuò)誤。我要為一篇文章寫(xiě)一個(gè)大標(biāo)題。這篇文章邀請(qǐng)學(xué)生們和來(lái)自各個(gè)學(xué)院的教務(wù)長(zhǎng)見(jiàn)面。在這么多學(xué)者嚴(yán)肅的學(xué)術(shù)照片上面,用粗體字印出的是我的杰作:“教務(wù)長(zhǎng)日:會(huì)見(jiàn)各個(gè)院系的頭”。(可是因?yàn)楣P誤,meet變成了meat,意思就變成了“來(lái)吃各個(gè)院系的頭”。)