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Yes, indeed, it is a well-known typing-error story, which existed well
before PF.
It is told about various newspapers and various tsars; it was quoted
e.g. by V. Pikul' in his "historical novel" "Nechistaya sila" with
reference to newspaper "Novoye vremya" from 1896 (Nicholas II
coronation).
Other sources assign it to 1883 and coronation of Alexander III.
Others (e.g. http://chaspik.h12.ru/news/00248/18.php), even to Nicholas
I.
It seems to be a legend, however.
At least the Russian researcher of typing errors' history Dmitri Sherikh
could not find any such newspaper in reality, see:
http://1001.vdv.ru/arc/ivanoff/issue5/
Happy New Year to everybody!
Victor Fet
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before PF.
It is told about various newspapers and various tsars; it was quoted
e.g. by V. Pikul' in his "historical novel" "Nechistaya sila" with
reference to newspaper "Novoye vremya" from 1896 (Nicholas II
coronation).
Other sources assign it to 1883 and coronation of Alexander III.
Others (e.g. http://chaspik.h12.ru/news/00248/18.php), even to Nicholas
I.
It seems to be a legend, however.
At least the Russian researcher of typing errors' history Dmitri Sherikh
could not find any such newspaper in reality, see:
http://1001.vdv.ru/arc/ivanoff/issue5/
Happy New Year to everybody!
Victor Fet
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
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