Romney Misspells ‘America’ on iPhone App

by Angela Nazworth | May 30, 2012 12:43 pm

investorpoliticsletters2 Romney Misspells America on iPhone App[1]Typos happen to everyone, even professional writers and grammar snobs. That’s why copy editors are golden. After last night’s gaffe involving a typo gone viral, Mitt Romney’s campaign staffers probably would surmise that solid proofreading skills are worth their weight in platinum.

Romney’s campaign released the “I’m with Mitt” Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[2]) iPhone app on Tuesday evening to celebrate the former Massachusetts governor’s unofficial nabbing of the GOP presidential nomination[3], USA TODAY[4] reported. The app enables users to customize 14 different banners, but one of the banners included a glaring typo: “A Better Amercia.”

It’s unlikely that anything moves faster than a viral typo made by a presidential nominee — especially when the error is the misspelling of the country said nominee is hoping to lead. Within minutes of the app’s debut, social media platforms buzzed with commentary about the gaffe. There’s already a popular Twitter hashtag for Amercia[5].

Three funny examples:

Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul told MSNBC the campaign has submitted a corrected app to Apple. Regarding the actual typo, Saul said, “Mistakes happen.”



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  5. Twitter hashtag for Amercia:
  6. @acc:!/aac
  7. @TeaPartyCat:!/TeaPartyCat
  8. @jimgeraghty:!/jimgeraghty

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