(Ufpi 2003) TEXT I Noble Laureate I. B. Singer: The Ultimate Typo The word typo is short for typographical error. It refers to a small mistake at the keyboard, such as typing teh instead of the. But as all students know, these small mistakes can be a serious problem for someone seeking a good grade on a term paper. In the world of business and I , a typo can mean the II of large amounts of III . In this article a typo IV emotional significance for people, for V was carved into the gravestone of a famous VI , Isaac Bashevis Singer. He won the Nobel Prize VII literature in 1978, and like VIII 4winners of this prestigious award, IX was called a Nobel laureate. A X spelled Nobel on the gravestone ___XI the adjective Noble. Since XII words describe 3Singer, the XIII looks like a pun, a joke XIV on two different meanings of a XV . A pun on a gravestone seems in terribly bad taste. The mistake resulted in problems for Singers family and an irritation for 2all 1who admire Singers books and respect his memory. Singer (1904-1991) was born in Poland and immigrated to the United States in 1935. He wrote almost entirely in Yiddish, the language of Jewish people in Eastern Europe. 5His writings were mainly about the life of people in the small Jewish towns in Eastern Europe, called 6shtetl, and Polish immigrant life in the United States. His work combines realism and the mysticism of Jewish folklore in a unique way. Adaptado de: HUGHES, R. On the record: mastering reading and language skills with the newspaper. USA: National Textbook Company, 1999, p. 62. Lacuna VIII
