{"id":343,"date":"2008-09-02T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/how-much-to-correct-this-misspelling\/"},"modified":"2015-12-10T13:24:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T19:24:02","slug":"how-much-to-correct-this-misspelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/09\/how-much-to-correct-this-misspelling\/","title":{"rendered":"How much to correct this misspelling?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote a blog post<\/a> a few days ago about how eleven misspellings cost the city of Livermore, California, six thousand dollars plus the round-trip airfare for a Miami artist to fix her work.<\/p>\n

Here is another example of a costly misspelling.<\/p>\n

The owners of a home in Knaresborough<\/a>, North Yorkshire, England, had “MILLENIUM HOUSE<\/a>” — with only one “N” in the middle of the first word — carved by a stone mason into a huge piece of stone that sits above the entrance to their home.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the Knaresborough construction company that built the house was named “Millenium Designs” — again with only one “n” in the middle of the first word — and the home owners unfortunately assumed that the home builder had spelled “Millennium” correctly.<\/p>\n

So the home owners copied a misspelling, and they did it so royally that the misspelling is carved into stone.<\/p>\n

What is worse is that the stone is not<\/em> easily replaced, given that it supports the stone wall above the entrance.<\/p>\n

I wonder how much this misspelling would cost to correct. I assume it would be higher than the US$600 per misspelling paid by Livermore, California, for the misspellings in its mosaic.<\/p>\n

What is the most expensive misspelling about which you have ever read? If you have one that you want me to share with other readers, please contact me<\/a>. Be sure to include a link to the Web page where the misspelling is described.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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