Slip of the fingers

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As a translator I do a lot of typing, and as a “do my own thing” typist I usually make at least one typing error per paragraph, more if I’m in a hurry. Most are gibberish or accidental wrong words, like wired instead of weird, but sometimes the result is something that looks like a word, but isn’t. Since this blog is in English, the Icelandic examples probably wouldn’t interest you, but I happen to be translating into English at the moment. So, I give you:

My mistypings that could be real words (let’s call them pre-proto-words). If you have suggestions as to what they could come to mean, please comment.

Word I was going to type: negotiation.

What I actually typed: engotiation.

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Word I was going to type: substance.

What I actually typed: dubstance.

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Word I was going to type: according.

What I actually typed: accoding.

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This is a common one:

Word I was going to type: various.

What I actually typed: varipus. (varipus: a multi-coloured cat, other than a tortie or calico; or a collective term for torties and calicos?)