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chance

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May 22, 2012, 4:09:45 PM5/22/12
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Lapsus claviaturae

TIA
CK


Ed Cryer

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May 22, 2012, 4:15:17 PM5/22/12
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chance wrote:
> Lapsus claviaturae
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> TIA
> CK
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Typo.
"Lapsus linguae" is more common; a slip of language. "Claviatura" is
keyboard in neoLatin.

Ed

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Johannes Patruus

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May 22, 2012, 4:41:22 PM5/22/12
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Lapsus claviaturae might also refer to the downward trajectory of a
defenestrated keyboard following a bout of computer rage.

In English, "claviature" is the keyboard of an organ or pianoforte (OED).

Patruus

chance

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May 22, 2012, 7:36:38 PM5/22/12
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Thanks to all
CK


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