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Farrah Fawcett: Unintended humor amid the sorrow

June 25, 2009 — Laura

In a Yahoo! TV tribute to the late Farrah Fawcett, the writer shows a penchant for humor:

pension tv

Posted in Confused Words, Wrong words, penchant/pension. Tags: Commonly confused words, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, penchant, pension, typo, wrong word, Yahoo!, Yahoo! TV. Leave a Comment »
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