> Finally, this conversation ensues:
>
> friend: "Can I help you find something?"
> guy: "Don't you got nothin' by the Bretenders?"
> friend: "Have you tried looking under "P"?
> guy: "Why?"
> friend: "That's where you'll find the albums by the Pretenders."
> guy: "The Bretenders are under 'P'?"
>
That type of spelling mistake is more common than you think.
One that grates with me is the Japanese company name Epson
I have just looked in the mail archives of the UK archives that I subscribe to
a number type Epsom a town with a famous race course.
"There were strong recommendations for the Epsom Expression 10000XL
Pro http://www.epson.co.uk/Scanners/Epson-Expression-10000XL-Pro which
is able to scan negatives including glass plates. One respondent
however said it wasn't brilliant on slides and 35negs. About £2000
plus (ex VAT)
One respondent said that JISC had also recommended Epsom for the type
of scanners archivists use for photographs and certainly I'm happily
using an Epsom for A4 scans.
"
Even having the correct spelling in the url does not help!
Disambiguation will have it's work cut out with some users.
Dave Caroline
Received on Mon Nov 12 2012 - 02:55:28 EST