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There's a long history of typos behind the paper's nickname Grauniad
by Oarch 2y ago
There's a long history of typos behind the paper's nickname Grauniad
- jimnotgym 2y agoAnd an interesting history too. The paper used to be printed in Manchester. The London papers made errors too, but corrected them in their second edition. There was no second edition of the Guardian due to the time it took to get it to London
- Oarch 2y agoPlacing movable type and perfecting layouts could be quite a cathartic and engrossing game...
- ForOldHack 2y agoI have honestly never heard of movable type on the web or is it all movable, rather than carthartic it's confusing.
- dredmorbius 2y agoWell, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable_Type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable_Type>