tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439627588510924547.post2783896241419577826..comments2023-07-13T05:20:05.299-07:00Comments on Alexander's Cartoon Blog: Made up words vs spelling errorsalexander matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14590509878204936979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439627588510924547.post-84755434364362159382009-10-16T02:01:16.224-07:002009-10-16T02:01:16.224-07:00had not havehad not havewaldo pancakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190226795728423835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439627588510924547.post-11282076534487077062009-10-16T02:00:55.114-07:002009-10-16T02:00:55.114-07:00ly ruins it for me. i would've put it away for...ly ruins it for me. i would've put it away for a few years then have another go.waldo pancakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190226795728423835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439627588510924547.post-41472249254828618832009-10-09T09:51:24.539-07:002009-10-09T09:51:24.539-07:00Quote marks! I didn't think of that. I though ...Quote marks! I didn't think of that. I though that maybe they'd get some pedants writing in to say (use your nerd voice) "In issue 123 I noticed a spelling error in your cartoon on page 17..." But would people really do that? Maybe-there's a lot of people with a lot of time on their hands about. Heavenly is fine, but I think 'Heaveny' makes it sing.alexander matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590509878204936979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439627588510924547.post-32859086938264239782009-10-08T01:08:17.751-07:002009-10-08T01:08:17.751-07:00I can see that "heaveny" works better fo...I can see that "heaveny" works better for the joke. Heavenly means majestic, wonderful etc and that's obviously not what he's saying.<br /><br />However, I read it originally in Prospect and it still worked. I think if I was the sub-editor at the mag, I may have made the same change. Even if they knew it was deliberate on your part, they'd know that many readers would see it as a typo and that would reflect badly on the magazine.<br /><br />You maybe could have put the word in quotes in the caption, to make it more obvious.Royston Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371324283924480755noreply@blogger.com