Comments on: Transcripts

By: Munch

Munch — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:41:49 +0000

I remembered this occurring in real life, but here is a link too: GNC One day in 1976, president Jimmy Carter met with reporters to discuss the affairs of the nation. The official transcript of the meeting, which distinctly referred to “a GNC,” had everyone baffled, racing around trying to figure out what this new agency was for. Twenty-four hours later the White House Press Office issued a correction. “A GNC,” it explained, should in fact read “Aegean Sea.” http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=13291

By: nnyhav

nnyhav — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:12:40 +0000

Amanda Green, did you say?

By: rea

rea — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:56:42 +0000

Possibly not funny, but I was once involved in a couple of years of litigation over whether the judge had REALLY instructed the jury (as the transcript indicated)to find the defendant guilty if they had a reasonable doubt.

By: Mrs Tilton

Mrs Tilton — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:44:48 +0000

Without in any way wishing to denigrate the noble tradition of Serbian oral epic, I must say that I find ‘servient oral ethic’ a culpa very felix indeed. I mean, for the sound of it. Now the sense has kicked in, and it brings with it an unwelcome but unavoidable thought of Ms Lewinsky’s philosophy for getting on at the White House.

By: Daniel Ray

Daniel Ray — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:26:01 +0000

My personal favorite: I dictated “…enrollment will be significant.” It was transcribed “…in Rome it will be significant.”

By: chris

chris — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:53:48 +0000

My father once dictated a memo, “… we should consider some new displays in the reception area…” This was duly typed up, “… we should consider some nudist plays…”

By: dave heasman

dave heasman — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:05:43 +0000

There’s a transcription error in the first line of the “Mondegreen” link :- “They hae slain the Earl o’ Murray ” I imagine should be “Moray” as in eel and river..