Thirteen out of 20 top universities misspell ‘university’ on website


	Thirteen out of 20 top universities misspell ‘university’ on website

infidel70

7-12-2009 3:23 AM

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7-12-2009 3:58 AM

carrerinyes

Oops :RED:

7-12-2009 1:24 PM

Jorjor

Are they typos or ignorant misteaks?

7-12-2009 2:18 PM

kkcapricorn

reprehensible

7-13-2009 7:29 AM

Steve Savage

"miss-spellings?" How about "misspellings"

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