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On 9/27/2024 11:44 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <najdfjpbi9ksltddhki9cid8ikp2o0jjle@4ax.com>,
> Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> Many (most) older books have errors in Kindle editions. You are quite
>> correct about the cause: lack of proof-reading.
>>
> 
> I read a copy of Fredric Brown's _The Screaming Mimi_ where every instance
> of 'gun' was rendered as 'bun'.

My favorite is a text-to-speech app that tries to expand abbreviations.

One buxom lady was voiced as having 'Doctor of Divinity breasts'.

pt