You know your brain is locked into an incorrect spelling when you type said incorrect spelling into Google and the only two entries for that spelling are an entry on your blog and a Word doc of a draft book chapter on your academic web space. (In fact, said misspelling may have made it into print).
For some reason I had it stuck in my head that the former military dictator of Colombia Gustavo Rojas Pinilla had not “o” on the end of his first name (i.e., Gustav). And, apparently, I was the only person in the whole world of the internet with that problem.
I went to look in the chapter I am working on and sure enough, I had spelled it sans the o.
Must be some subconscious rebellion against Overstock.com.
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Well, that’s not too bad a typo if it did make it into print. At least you weren’t just calling him Gus.
Comment by Jan — Sunday, February 12, 2025 @ 9:18 am
Ah, yes, King Gustav of Colombia. I remember him.
Lots of people spell Colombia without one of the “o”s, only they replace it with a “u.” At least you spell the country’s name correctly, and you did not call the ex-dictator Gustavu.
Comment by Matthew — Sunday, February 12, 2025 @ 9:44 am