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1456
With the 2002/06 update due out at any time, here's seed for the update after that. Compatibile 4 hits in OhioLINK Kenetic 2 Windos 3.1 1 Windos NT...
tgsmiles1977
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Jun 6, 2002
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I've added Tina's new update, and you can see it at http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libraries/tballard/typoscomplete607.html If this goods good to you all, I'll...
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Jun 7, 2002
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Do you want to add something about why some earlier entries have one "|" and some two? Tina...
tgsmiles1977
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Jun 7, 2002
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Tina, Yes, but at the expense of sounding clueless, why do some have two ... Terry Terry Ballard, Automation Librarian Quinnipiac University, Bernhard Library ...
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Jun 11, 2002
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... [star] is a term added in this, the third 2002 update. Tina...
tgsmiles1977
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Jun 12, 2002
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1461
5 -- OCLC (however, one is a sic) 1 -- OhioLink From a typo posted to Fiction-L. Phalbe...
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Jun 18, 2002
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Tina and Terry, The main list looks great. The colors and the star and Unix pipe really make the list easy to navigate and read. Good job. I know it's a lot of...
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Jun 18, 2002
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FYI, here's a message I sent to AUTOCAT that may be of interest here as well. After I sent my list of MainList additions, someone warned that suspected typos...
Tina Gunther
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Jun 28, 2002
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1464
Phenominal -- 2 OhioLINK, 19 OCLC Phenominal Phalbe...
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Jul 1, 2002
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1465
As in mutifamily housing, mutimillionaires, etc. I don't know that there's an easy way to do a collective search; words like mutilation will be part of the...
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Jul 10, 2002
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I just realized I posted this list to AUTOCAT and LIBSUP-L but not to LIBTYPOS-L. For the benefit of those searching the archives for this type of list-- Here...
Tina Gunther
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Jul 11, 2002
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Mutism is a subject heading, also. It does make for a difficult search. Phalbe...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jul 18, 2002
12:52 am
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That is a challenging search indeed. I did find these for the MainList: Mutilingual 1 hit in OhioLink Mutimedia 2 Mutipl+ 10 Mutiphas+ 1 I...
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Jul 22, 2002
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This message was originally posted to the AUTOCAT discussion list. I have re-posted it with permission from the author, and included my response to her. Anyone...
Tina Gunther
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Jul 23, 2002
5:01 pm
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Actually, all the words on our list that are missing the first letter or two *are* filing indicator errors. But we don't have them separated out. There's also...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jul 23, 2002
5:28 pm
1471
... That's what I recalled, as well. If I really wanted to pursue this in depth, I would ask our system manager if she could (and would) generate a list of the...
Tina Gunther
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Jul 23, 2002
6:12 pm
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... Well, let's see if Jesse Song replies. Maybe the best way to check a database for filing indicator errors is to spell-check it with Jesse's software. ...
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Jul 23, 2002
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Folks, I'm majorly behind on updates, but I started working on the list tonight. Did we decide about "untill" or not? Does it qualify for MoreTypos? cut 'n...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jul 24, 2002
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Ignore this. "Untill" is already on the MoreTypos list. Phalbe -- not quite paying attention...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jul 24, 2002
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finished 1 in OhioLINK, 7 in OCLC (one of the seven is a sic) Phalbe -- almost finsihed...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jul 24, 2002
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fredom -- 4 typos of 7 hits (3 18th and 19th cent. records) do we consider old spellings to be alternate spellings? pasing -- 2 typos (also a surname and a...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jul 24, 2002
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1477
Hi all, I'm not really sure how this works, but I found 27 instances of technolg+ on my library's catalog (and did not see it listed on the Terry Ballard...
Carol Reid
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Jul 25, 2002
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Carol, Good work! Once we find a likely word, the way we usually work it is to search it in Ohiolink at http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search , because that is the...
terryballard
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Jul 25, 2002
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Thanks, Phalbe. We did have a module that will check for possible filing indicator errors. However, it has never been implemented in our Spell Checker...
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Jul 29, 2002
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However, I'd be highly suspicious of any first word in a line that is missing the first coupla letters. Phalbe...
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Jul 29, 2002
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Galation+ 18 hits in OhioLINK Corinthains 1 hit Philippins 1 I also found 1 case of "Galatins" in our catalog, but got zero hits in OhioLINK and...
Tina Gunther
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Jul 31, 2002
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Folks, Msn.com, which I use as a home page at work, has a link to this spelling test today: http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?QuizID=71 Thought you might...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Aug 2, 2002
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1483
I found 29 examples of "Staes" (for "States") in the NYSL catalog, and 49 in OhioLink. I don't see it on the Ballard list. Carol Reid New York State Library...
Carol Reid
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Aug 2, 2002
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Carol, "staes" is on my list, because it's also a correct word. I don't remember what, though. Maybe it's a surname. Phalbe...
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Aug 2, 2002
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1485
... "United Staes" is in the "B" section of the main Ballard list....
Tina Gunther
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Aug 2, 2002
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