Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look at the
Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?

Notice the next line... Manesium 8%

Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%

First typo I've ever found.

Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.

The BUMS!!!

Oh well,

Andy

Andy wrote:
>
> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look at the
> Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>
> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>
> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>
> First typo I've ever found.
>
> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>
> The BUMS!!!
>
> Oh well,

Well, it's a Cheerios knock off, so the Manesium is a knock off too.
Good thing it's not Womanesium... but that would contain Sillycone
boobs with Milk of Magnesium... full circle.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
>>Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look at the
>>Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>>
>>Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>>
>>Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>>
>>First typo I've ever found.
>>
>>Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>>
>>The BUMS!!!
>>
>>Oh well,
>
>
> Well, it's a Cheerios knock off, so the Manesium is a knock off too.
> Good thing it's not Womanesium... but that would contain Sillycone
> boobs with Milk of Magnesium... full circle.
>
> Sheldon

Thanks Sheldon, you get the laugh-of-the-day award. lol

Becca

On 2007-06-06, Andy <q> wrote:

> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>
> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%

And I thought I had too much time on my hands.

nb

On Jun 6, 1:52 pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look at the
> Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>
> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>
> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>
> First typo I've ever found.
>
> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>
> The BUMS!!!
>
> Oh well,
>
> Andy


What's the country of origin? I'm pretty much not ever going to buy
anything made in China.

>From dog food and cat food, through toothpaste (don't buy off-brands
from Dollar General) to stuffed animals (stuffed with "industrial
waste," whatever that is) - fuhgeddaboudit. I think China has
discovered how to make everything cheaper - use unsatisfactory
recycled waste.

N.

Nancy2 said...

> On Jun 6, 1:52 pm, Andy <q> wrote:
>> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look
>> at the Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>>
>> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>>
>> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>>
>> First typo I've ever found.
>>
>> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>>
>> The BUMS!!!
>>
>> Oh well,
>>
>> Andy
>
>
> What's the country of origin? I'm pretty much not ever going to buy
> anything made in China.

Trader Joe's, Monrovia, Kalifornia

On Jun 7, 12:12 pm, Andy <q> wrote:

>
> > What's the country of origin? I'm pretty much not ever going to buy
> > anything made in China.
>
> Trader Joe's, Monrovia, Kalifornia- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I don't believe Trader Joe's makes anything, but they collect foods or
foodstuffs and put their label on it. I could be wrong.

Isn't this the way that Kirkland products from Costco also does it?

I feel (and maybe wrongly so) that there is a little more standard-of-
care with at least these two names on foods that I buy. But even they
cannot be guarding the gate at all times.

Dee

> GUEST wrote:
> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios
knock-off). Look at the
> Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>
> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>
> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>
> First typo I've ever found.
>
> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>
> The BUMS!!!
>
> Oh well,
>
> Andy

Haha, yes, thank you Sheldon!

> GUEST wrote:
> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios
knock-off). Look at the
> Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>
> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>
> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>
> First typo I've ever found.
>
> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>
> The BUMS!!!
>
> Oh well,
>
> Andy

Haha... Nice find!

On Jun 7, 11:48 am, Nancy2 > wrote:
>
> What's the country of origin? I'm pretty much not ever going to buy
> anything made in China.
>
> >From dog food and cat food, through toothpaste (don't buy off-brands
>

I've been throwing out all foodstuffs from China. DH put a new fan in
the refrigerator today, and I found even more.

Isn't it that 90% of vitamins now are coming from China. Minerals
should be an easy one for them. ;-))

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look at the
> Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>
> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>
> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>
> First typo I've ever found.
>
> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.

Try reading technical documentation for software and hardware. Rarely do
I read such a document and not find at least one grammatical or typing
error. This is common for products made outside the United States, but a
lot of the documentation I read was written right here in the good old
USA.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:14:01 -0400, Stan Horwitz >
wrote:

>In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look at the
>> Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>>
>> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>>
>> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>>
>> First typo I've ever found.
>>
>> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>
>Try reading technical documentation for software and hardware. Rarely do
>I read such a document and not find at least one grammatical or typing
>error. This is common for products made outside the United States, but a
>lot of the documentation I read was written right here in the good old
>USA.


Try reading newspapers or online news sources or almost anything else
that doesn't go through the more rigorous proofreading that a human
provides, but relies instead on speelchuckers.

Boron

Boron Elgar said...

> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:14:01 -0400, Stan Horwitz >
> wrote:
>
>>In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>
>>> Look at a box of Trader Joe's "Joe's O's" (a Cheerios knock-off). Look
>>> at the Nutritional Facts panel. See the vitamin B12 25% line?
>>>
>>> Notice the next line... Manesium 8%
>>>
>>> Uh-oh... should be Magnesium 8%
>>>
>>> First typo I've ever found.
>>>
>>> Called it in. No lifetime supply reward.
>>
>>Try reading technical documentation for software and hardware. Rarely do
>>I read such a document and not find at least one grammatical or typing
>>error. This is common for products made outside the United States, but a
>>lot of the documentation I read was written right here in the good old
>>USA.
>
>
> Try reading newspapers or online news sources or almost anything else
> that doesn't go through the more rigorous proofreading that a human
> provides, but relies instead on speelchuckers.
>
> Boron


Sure but a spell checker worth it's salt should've flagged "manesium." The
fact that a typo slipped by says that somebody dropped the ball BIG TIME in
the art department. Imagine if that happened to US currency? IN GOD WE
TRUSST?

Andy

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:11:31 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>Sure but a spell checker worth it's salt should've flagged "manesium." The
>fact that a typo slipped by says that somebody dropped the ball BIG TIME in
>the art department. Imagine if that happened to US currency? IN GOD WE
>TRUSST?
>
Collectors would be banging on the doors.


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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Boron Elgar said...

>> Try reading newspapers or online news sources or almost anything else
>> that doesn't go through the more rigorous proofreading that a human
>> provides, but relies instead on speelchuckers.
>>
>> Boron
>
> Sure but a spell checker worth it's salt should've flagged "manesium." The
> fact that a typo slipped by says that somebody dropped the ball BIG TIME
> in
> the art department. Imagine if that happened to US currency? IN GOD WE
> TRUSST?
>
> Andy

A retired editor never retires; she lives on to comment:

A spell checker "worth it's salt" would have flagged "it's" used instead of
the correct "its". So who dropped the ball BIG TIME?

Felice
(IN DOG WE TRUST)

In article >,
says...
>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> > Boron Elgar said...
>
> >> Try reading newspapers or online news sources or almost anything else
> >> that doesn't go through the more rigorous proofreading that a human
> >> provides, but relies instead on speelchuckers.
> >>
> >> Boron
> >
> > Sure but a spell checker worth it's salt should've flagged "manesium." The
> > fact that a typo slipped by says that somebody dropped the ball BIG TIME
> > in
> > the art department. Imagine if that happened to US currency? IN GOD WE
> > TRUSST?
> >
> > Andy
>
> A retired editor never retires; she lives on to comment:
>
> A spell checker "worth it's salt" would have flagged "it's" used instead of
> the correct "its". So who dropped the ball BIG TIME?
>
> Felice
> (IN DOG WE TRUST)
>
>
>

The problem with spell check is that you can use the wrong word but
correctly spell it and the software will never warn you about it.

T wrote:
>
> The problem with spell check is that you can use the wrong word but
> correctly spell it and the software will never warn you about it.

Which reminds me of the time the spell checker
missed the word "adit" in something I wrote.
I meant "audit". It wasn't flagged as an error
because there is a word "adit", and I actually
knew what it meant. The School of Mines at
the university I went to had an adit for the
education of their students. An adit is a
blind, horizontal tunnel. However, I think
any competently designed spell checker should
flag "adit" as an error unless specifically
instructed not to. It is far more likely that
"adit" is a misspelling of "audit".

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> T wrote:
> >
> > The problem with spell check is that you can use the wrong word but
> > correctly spell it and the software will never warn you about it.
>
> Which reminds me of the time the spell checker
> missed the word "adit" in something I wrote.
> I meant "audit". It wasn't flagged as an error
> because there is a word "adit", and I actually
> knew what it meant. The School of Mines at
> the university I went to had an adit for the
> education of their students. An adit is a
> blind, horizontal tunnel. However, I think
> any competently designed spell checker should
> flag "adit" as an error unless specifically
> instructed not to. It is far more likely that
> "adit" is a misspelling of "audit".

Here is a test for
your spell checker.

ANN OWED TWO THE SPELL CHECKER
by A. Nonie Mouse

I have a spelling checker -
It came with my pea sea
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh -
My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud.
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.

And now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know faults with in my cite;
Of non eye am a wear.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed to be a joule.
The checker poured o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.

That's why aye brake in two averse
By righting wants too pleas.
Sow now ewe sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear for pea seas!
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

Omelet wrote:
>
> Here is a test for
> your spell checker.
>
> ANN OWED TWO THE SPELL CHECKER
> by A. Nonie Mouse

Within the near future, spell checkers will be
able to recognize not just grammatical errors
but also errors of logic. Hopefully, such
spell checkers will be built into all web
browsers, which will dramatically change the
nature of discourse on the net.

"Are you sure you meant to say 'George W.
Bush is a great leader and a fine intellect.'?"
OK Undo Save Cancel

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> >
> > Here is a test for
> > your spell checker.
> >
> > ANN OWED TWO THE SPELL CHECKER
> > by A. Nonie Mouse
>
> Within the near future, spell checkers will be
> able to recognize not just grammatical errors
> but also errors of logic. Hopefully, such
> spell checkers will be built into all web
> browsers, which will dramatically change the
> nature of discourse on the net.
>
> "Are you sure you meant to say 'George W.
> Bush is a great leader and a fine intellect.'?"
> OK Undo Save Cancel

<lol> Good commentary!
--
Peace, Om

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Mark Thorson said...

> Omelet wrote:
>>
>> Here is a test for
>> your spell checker.
>>
>> ANN OWED TWO THE SPELL CHECKER
>> by A. Nonie Mouse
>
> Within the near future, spell checkers will be
> able to recognize not just grammatical errors
> but also errors of logic. Hopefully, such
> spell checkers will be built into all web
> browsers, which will dramatically change the
> nature of discourse on the net.
>
> "Are you sure you meant to say 'George W.
> Bush is a great leader and a fine intellect.'?"
> OK Undo Save Cancel


Dr. Phil, the-
rapist and talk
show host.

OR

Dr. Phil, ther-
apist and talk
show host.



Andy

In article >, says...
> T wrote:
> >
> > The problem with spell check is that you can use the wrong word but
> > correctly spell it and the software will never warn you about it.
>
> Which reminds me of the time the spell checker
> missed the word "adit" in something I wrote.
> I meant "audit". It wasn't flagged as an error
> because there is a word "adit", and I actually
> knew what it meant. The School of Mines at
> the university I went to had an adit for the
> education of their students. An adit is a
> blind, horizontal tunnel. However, I think
> any competently designed spell checker should
> flag "adit" as an error unless specifically
> instructed not to. It is far more likely that
> "adit" is a misspelling of "audit".
>

The other problem is that spell check doesn't know ALL words so it
allows you to add words, even if they are misspelt.

Technical terms really foul up spell check though.

I know you can customize the dictionaries of most spell checkers so
that's probably why yours didn't flag the word.

T wrote:
>
> I know you can customize the dictionaries of most spell checkers
> so that's probably why yours didn't flag the word.

But the default should be to flag "adit" as an error,
even though it is a real word. I'm sure there's lots
of other words like that -- uncommon words which are
more often errors than correct usage. Someone should
invent a name for such words. Oh, okay, I'll do it.
"Malographs." Hmmm.... Google shows such a word
already exists, but only in German. I wonder what
it means.

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
>>
>> Here is a test for your spell checker.
>>
>> ANN OWED TWO THE SPELL CHECKER by A. Nonie Mouse
>
> Within the near future, spell checkers will be able to recognize not
> just grammatical errors but also errors of logic. Hopefully, such
> spell checkers will be built into all web browsers, which will
> dramatically change the nature of discourse on the net.

I think it would be better if they were built into all news clients.


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"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
>T wrote:
>>
>> The problem with spell check is that you can use the wrong word but
>> correctly spell it and the software will never warn you about it.
>
> Which reminds me of the time the spell checker
> missed the word "adit" in something I wrote.
> I meant "audit". It wasn't flagged as an error
> because there is a word "adit", and I actually
> knew what it meant. The School of Mines at
> the university I went to had an adit for the
> education of their students. An adit is a
> blind, horizontal tunnel. However, I think
> any competently designed spell checker should
> flag "adit" as an error unless specifically
> instructed not to. It is far more likely that
> "adit" is a misspelling of "audit".

Not if you work in mining, which I do. The entrance to any underground mine
is referred to as an adit. I work in finance and compliance so audit is a
common word also. Oh dear, the confusion ;-)

JB