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November 28 2011
ETAOIN SHRLDU – [???] – sequence created by the two left-hand columns of Linotype keys, used by typesetters to signal copy error. [1930s journo slang] Subbies often missed seeing the etaoin shrldu warning, thus allowing the gobbledygook to run to press.
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Nib — 28 November at 12:23AM
Shambolic lines authored using common type of letters.
Criseyde — 28 November at 07:29AM
Line marker eating tacky bottomless doughnut binned in notorious Lush Rd.
Criseyde — 28 November at 07:58AM
Test text: Shoulder aint broken.
Criseyde — 28 November at 08:06AM
Like the cricket reference, but strictly speaking it's not a test. Tweak of def:
Error in text message: Shoulder aint broken.
Sam — 28 November at 08:22AM
Crude, lurid tone has highlighted character flaw
RobT — 28 November at 08:55AM
Subbies' errors ruin slate? D'oh!
RobT — 28 November at 08:57AM
Subbies' errors grievously ruin slate? D'oh!
DA2 — 28 November at 09:36AM
A gem, RobT - love the d'oh discovery.
Em — 28 November at 12:38PM
Linotype sequence excites rotund sheila
Ireland South, in shambles, creates distress signal?
One Wheel — 28 November at 01:34PM
Jumble of letters in steaming hot laundries
Mauve — 28 November at 01:43PM
Novel authors nailed, deleting a copy error signal
RobT — 28 November at 06:28PM
Press gang error: bless backward salt, counting every second in Sahara dolour.
SK — 28 November at 11:34PM
No logic to Herald in U.S. version?!
SK — 28 November at 11:45PM
Sail round the rocks and make sure not to copy error
DA — 29 November at 06:44AM
Sweet anagram, that last one SK - though you may be taking a creative leap to imply our ETAOIN SHRDLU is a verb, as the definition element reads.
(The other Herald tack seems to open the way to cosy &lit with a bit more deep-tissue massaging.)
SK — 29 November at 07:17AM
Agree DA....both need work. I was trying to work a clue around "Stuffed copy (def) of Herald into...." but ran out of time and brain cells.
Boniface — 29 November at 02:57PM
Hack should retain poor copy (6,6)
DA2 — 29 November at 04:07PM
We have a winner. That clue reads beautifully, Bon.
Boniface — 29 November at 04:22PM
Cheers DA - one for your journo students!