Council officials in Yorkshire have been left red-faced after 7,000 copies of a leaflet designed to promote cycling turned out to be riddled with spelling mistakes after an unexpected computer spell check.
According to the Yorkshire Post, Kirklees Council had already checked and agreed a final proof of the leaflet, but before it was printed the design software being used to produce the pamphlet applied its own, rather esoteric, spellcheck, with its changes appearing on the published version.
That meant that Kirklees became Kirtles, Birstall was rendered as Bistable and Cleckheaton became Czechisation, while Kirkburton ended up as Kirkpatrick.
Local bike shop Spen Velo was changed to Supen Vole, while the Spen Valley Greenway cycle route was turned into the Supen Valley Greenyard.
Perhaps the most spectacular revision was an email address for British Waterways, which appeared as enquiries.manic-depressive@brutalisation's.co.uk.
The leaflets have now being reprinted, and the £1,000 cost reimbursed to the council, whose area includes Huddersfield, Batley and Dewsbury.
A council official said: “An unanticipated automatic spell check occurred to the final version of the map after staff had agreed and proof-read a correct version."
He continued: "The mistakes were only noticed once the leaflets had been printed. As soon as we became aware of the errors, distribution was immediately stopped."
He should have been happy to give them his bike - they obviously needed it more than him....
Link without the pay-wall https://archive.is/DVITt Words fail me ... other than sleep well Mr Morton, and I hope your family find peace.
Electric car smashed up with 'big pole' in protest against Elon Musk (Bristol Post)...
Just harness it. In European countries selfish and arrogant people are demanding better cycling facilities (for their convenience) and probably...
What's perhaps notable is - once I thought about it - I found that every single bike trip around Edinburgh would encounter some kind of "works". ...
Let's not forget that this is the same individual who wrote a column about how sexy his three-year-old daughter is, as well as one quite literally...
I would really like to try short cranks, but a bit lazy tbh. Seems like they work really good for knees in pain.
Agreed. The likes of Trace Velo on YT are showing that Chinese kit can be both excellent VFM and that there is after-sales service. I'm old enough...
As a counterbalance to this, here's something really positive from Ribble. They've just introduced lifetime warranties on their frames and forks....
Just after Easter 2019 I nearly died, prompt action from my wife and the skilled hands of Lesley the Surgeon saved me physically. My soul was saved...