2012-01-17

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2012-01-17 02:41 pm
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Resistance through typos

[Norwegian newspaper] Ringerikeblad's editor... found typographical “errors” particularly suitable for defying the Nazis. When his paper was compelled to carry a lead article declaring that “in this war the Germans are utterly senior in men and cannons (menn og kanoner)”, the printed copy read: “menn og kaniner” (men and rabbits).

Kathleen Stokker, Folklore Fights the Nazis