Typos in the Ten Commandments
A newly erected Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma state capitol contains several typos. The ACLU complains that the 2,000-pound monument is an improper state endorsement of the Christian religion, but English pedants are also upset, as the word “Sabbath” is spelled “Sabbeth” on the monument, and “maidservant” is rendered “maidseruent.”
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