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Apostles, not apostates: BYU paper's ungodly typo (NOT a Religion Thread)
Breitbart ^ | 04/07/2009

Posted on 04/07/2009 1:45:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University's student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.

An apostate is a person who has abandoned religious faith, principles or a cause.

The photo in The Daily Universe on Monday was of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the weekend general conference.

The caption called the group the "Quorum of the Twelve Apostates." The mistake happened when a copy editor ran a computer spell check and apostate was suggested as the replacement for a misspelling of apostle.

"Unfortunately that's the one she clicked on," said Rich Evans, the paper's editorial manager. "It still should have been caught by two more levels of review after that, but again with deadline looming, the worst possible thing happened."

The typo was an honest mistake, said Carri Jenkins, spokeswoman for church-owned BYU. She said most of the 18,000 copies of the student paper were retrieved Monday morning and replaced with 10,000 corrected copies later in the day.

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KEYWORDS: apostates; gaffe; lds; mormon
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Typo.

Ummm-hmmmm.

Yeah. Sure.

1 posted on 04/07/2009 1:45:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Doh! Always spell check your spell checker


2 posted on 04/07/2009 1:47:46 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It does seem odd that a student at Brigham Young wouldn’t know how to spell “Apostles.” But typos happen.


3 posted on 04/07/2009 1:48:26 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Ooops..., they made a “mistake” that actually turned out right! :-)


4 posted on 04/07/2009 1:48:29 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Domandred; Revolting cat!
Spell Czech you're work!
5 posted on 04/07/2009 1:49:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Quorum of the Twelve Apostates.”

You can’t buy this kind of PR with money.


6 posted on 04/07/2009 1:51:52 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Responsibility2nd

God works in mysterious ways....


7 posted on 04/07/2009 1:53:11 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Cicero

He likely didn’t type the word “apostate”.

The likely explanation is that there was a typographical error in the word “Apostles” (maybe Apostels or whatever), and that he selected the wrong word during spellcheck —because, I assume that “Apostles” and “Apostate” would both be possible matches.

SnakeDoc


8 posted on 04/07/2009 1:53:21 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("The night is darkest just before the dawn -- but ... the dawn is coming." -- Harvey Dent)
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To: Responsibility2nd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Bible

The Wicked Bible, sometimes called The Adulterous Bible or The Sinners' Bible is a term referring to the Bible published in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London, which was meant to be a reprint of the King James Bible. The name is derived from the compositors' mistake: in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:14) the word not in the sentence Thou shalt not commit adultery was omitted. This blunder was spread in a number of copies.

9 posted on 04/07/2009 1:53:49 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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To: Responsibility2nd

probably still more accurate than the NY Times


10 posted on 04/07/2009 1:53:59 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Responsibility2nd

Some one let the truth slip out......Then had to correct it........


11 posted on 04/07/2009 1:57:00 PM PDT by stockpirate ("When governments fear the people, there is liberty. " T. Jefferson)
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To: SnakeDoctor

Apostatles is about the only way I can get apostate for a butchering of apostle.


12 posted on 04/07/2009 1:57:13 PM PDT by Ingtar (Americans have truly let America down. A sad day.)
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To: Cicero
It does seem odd that a student at Brigham Young wouldn’t know how to spell “Apostles.” But typos happen.

It's not at all odd that Microsoft (and its spellchecker) wouldn't know the word.

13 posted on 04/07/2009 1:58:00 PM PDT by nina0113 (Hugh Akston is my hero.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

OOOOOOOOPS!! - I hope that one doesn’t make it to Jay Leno’s list of dumb newspaper headlines.


14 posted on 04/07/2009 2:02:52 PM PDT by POWG
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To: Responsibility2nd
It doesn’t matter what creed you belong to. Spell check is not your friend.
15 posted on 04/07/2009 2:03:35 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Responsibility2nd
There are no accidents - Sigmund Freud
16 posted on 04/07/2009 2:35:40 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: POWG

Except that he wouldn’t know what an apostate is.


17 posted on 04/07/2009 2:37:03 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Responsibility2nd

Freudian, for sure.


18 posted on 04/07/2009 2:46:33 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Rameumptom

LOL!


19 posted on 04/07/2009 2:50:55 PM PDT by Some hope remaining.
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To: RichInOC
Dear Ann Landers,

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how too spell because computers wood dew it four us.
Eye disagree. Dew ewe?

Ann Lander's response:

Ewe our write.
Sank ewe four a good clothes look at what progress has dun fore education.

20 posted on 04/07/2009 2:57:48 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED)
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