Typos of the week: July 9, 2008
On our own OPINION page:
"Don't soften the goal of educting kids" (I wonder if the correct spelling of "educate" could be educted from the context? Educt (verb, trans.): to infer or deduce. Both educt and educate are from the Latin "educere.")
On the local California Highway Patrol dispatch website (http://cad.chp.ca.gov):
Incident: 0166 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: NB TOMPKINS HILL JSO CR info as of: 7/9/2008 11:16:07 AM ADDITIONAL DETAILS 10:56AM 3 SLAVES IN THE RDWY. 11:47AM 1039 ... /POSS OWNER/ENRT NOW. (The "possible owner," having somehow missed the Emancipation Proclamation, was later arrested for violating Calif. Penal Code Section 50631, "Attempted possession of humans with intent to elicit labor for no pay." It was later learned that the suspected "slaves" were actually high-school teachers.)