Best typo ever
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litlover12From Daphne du Maurier's Mary Anne, which I'm reading at the moment:
"Always some lesson, singing, painting, dancing, to keep abreast of the latest craze in town. Fainting on velvet was the rage at present."
Hee! I think she meant painting on velvet . . . but with a Regency heroine, who knows? (Although I believe that sort of thing was a little more popular among Victorian heroines . . . )
"Always some lesson, singing, painting, dancing, to keep abreast of the latest craze in town. Fainting on velvet was the rage at present."
Hee! I think she meant painting on velvet . . . but with a Regency heroine, who knows? (Although I believe that sort of thing was a little more popular among Victorian heroines . . . )
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Date: 2011-08-11 03:11 am (UTC)I had a funny kindle-book-transfer typo in A Tale of Two Cities yesterday:
"What!" said Mr. Cruncher, looking out of bed for a boot. "You're at it agin, are you?"
After hailing the mom with his second salutiation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third.
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