Thursday, January 21, 2010

What's wrong with this picture?

Read the first paragraph of this article (click on it to make it larger):


Now, I've only read the Twilight series a few times (double digits still count as a 'few', right?). I don't recall reading anything about a character named Carlisle Cooper. Cooper? Seriously, I ripped this page right out of my Good Housekeeping magazine. Doesn't anyone proofread anymore?!? Having worked for a few college newspapers for a number of years, and being involved in that proofreading process, I totally understand how small errors slip by. But Carlisle Cooper? Come on, this is a book series that has sold over 85 million copies worldwide. I find this to be extremely amusing ... and a little embarrassing for Good Housekeeping. But too funny not to share!

9 comments:

Andrea said...

Do you remember this actor from Can't Hardly Wait? I saw that movie in 8th grade with my soccer friends and it was an awful movie. But now he will always be that Carlie Cooper to me... And you would think that if someone was writing an article about it, they would at least know something about Twilight!

Melvin and Carly said...

Seriously people. You can be sure that half of the people at Good Housekeeping have read Twilight. And no one caught the error? Sheesh. I'm sure they've heard about it by a lot of fans. :)

Maria said...

I haven't seen Nurse Jackie but they claim his name there is Fitch Cooper... another blooper or truth?

Science Teacher Mommy said...

A Harry Potter article was published a few weeks ago in USA Today that was riddled with errors about the titles of books and the order the appeared in the series. The authors of such articles are crazy--the fans will ALWAYS notice.

I'm not sure double digits counts as a few . . . I mean, that could take you all the way up to 99 readings.

Irene said...

Oh, boy. The writter should have done his homework. oops!

SPEAKING FROM THE CRIB said...

this kind of thing makes me coo coo, like reading a book with a type o and i think - how many people have read this and I catch it?

good eye my friend

good eye

Celtic Traveler said...

Haha! Oh, that's CLASSIC!
*wipes tears of mirth from eye*

FIONEX said...

Hahaha, you don't know me and I don't know you and I don't know how I landed on your blog or why I decided to read that entry. My fiance reads twilight religiously too; almost hitting double digits as well. I'll let her know of my findings and see what she says.

Best wishes with the pregnancy.

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