tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post3359185270659408218..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Unintended Mistakes and Cartographers' FolliesM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-67683332704920513552014-11-29T20:03:12.819+00:002014-11-29T20:03:12.819+00:00You may have seen these in the John Green book ...You may have seen these in the John Green book 'Paper Towns' so called because the towns only exist on paper. Quite a good idea for a book. Bookaddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964950732227181815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-9110186998554312902011-10-04T21:59:22.966+01:002011-10-04T21:59:22.966+01:00I'm a dictionary sniffer, too, and I know thes...I'm a dictionary sniffer, too, and I know these deliberate errors as "Mountweazels".concocted glimpsehttp://indessed.com/glimpsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-51670753421106528022011-03-16T17:22:16.370+00:002011-03-16T17:22:16.370+00:00They are also called copyright traps, they are use...They are also called copyright traps, they are used in sheet music and dictionaries as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-11330112977942200082010-08-18T11:26:19.238+01:002010-08-18T11:26:19.238+01:00I have used the example of Persian carpet-makers f...I have used the example of Persian carpet-makers for many years to excuse a veritable panoply (are panoplies <i>always</i> veritable?) of errors and omissions. I shall add 'cartographer's folly' to my lexicon henceforth.broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-42627563980865108452009-11-11T15:21:57.496+00:002009-11-11T15:21:57.496+00:00I dimly recall from my time at university aeons ag...I dimly recall from my time at university aeons ago that the first four or so editions of the Greek/English lexicon written by Liddell and Scott included an early interpretation of 'sycophant', as the word literally meaning to show figs, and referred to informants on those who did, in fact, steal figs during lean times. The last sentence of this entry would invariably read. 'Of course, this could merely be a figment.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com