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Speling error mars Diamond Card launch


No, reading the Obivion manual by the dull glow of an HDTV hasn't given you late onset dyslexia. The spell check monkeys at Microsoft somehow missed a typo on many of the Xbox Live Diamond Cards hitting mailboxes this week. This is why they shouldn't let  upper management do the proof reading. The saving grace here is that THRU isn't a real word to begin with.

By the way, I've never had this problem with my American Express Black Card.

[Thanks Tim]

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1. Haha, that's great. Still waiting on the card though :)

Posted at 3:20AM on Apr 6th 2006 by Clint Thompson 0 stars

2. That's amusing. I got my card several days ago. Didnt' even notice the misspelling. Sux for everyone else. :-)

Posted at 3:59AM on Apr 6th 2006 by airboarder 0 stars

3. I don't see the problem. My Visa, Debit Card, and others say that, too.

Posted at 4:57AM on Apr 6th 2006 by lolersticks 0 stars

4. @lolersticks:

I think what the author is pointing out is that "thru" is misspelled as "trhu."

Posted at 6:54AM on Apr 6th 2006 by Logic Bus 0 stars

5. Correctamundo Logic Bus.

How's that Black AMEX working out for you Ken? ;)

Posted at 8:15AM on Apr 6th 2006 by C. Grant 0 stars

6. The misspelling is a special card for 1337 users. Duh!

Posted at 8:40AM on Apr 6th 2006 by B. Gates 0 stars

7. I got my new Black company card in the mail 2 weeks ago. The thing is made out of Titanium!

It's the oddest and coolest thing I've got in a while.

Posted at 9:34AM on Apr 6th 2006 by Phil M. 0 stars

8. Perhaps MS is trying to start something new, similar to the widespread usage of "pwned" instead of "owned"? Or... someone in New York was responsible for the spell check. That is how they pronounce it there, isn't it?

Posted at 10:33AM on Apr 6th 2006 by JGE 0 stars

9. Ahh, the black card. So Ken, how does it feel to share something in common with Jessica Simpson and Brad Pitt (besides dashing good looks of course)?

I'm still waiting on my Diamond card. The site says my gamertag isn't registered, yet when I try to register it, it tells me it IS registered. Apparently the confirmation email I got in December means nothing.

Posted at 11:10AM on Apr 6th 2006 by Oozer 2 stars

10. You have to be super l337 to have a hacked Diamond Card. I am a l337 Diamond Card H4xx0r!

Seriously, though. I got mine yesterday and it has this typo. Funny stuff.

Posted at 2:07PM on Apr 6th 2006 by pennywise969 2 stars

11. Its actually NOT a typo, just found out on majors blog that it uses "engrish" look it up on wikipedia. Quite funny to the japanese if you think about it!

Posted at 5:08PM on Apr 6th 2006 by Derek 0 stars

12. Yeah I got my card yesterday and noticed that. THRU us spelled TRHU. How could they miss that?

Posted at 9:25PM on Apr 6th 2006 by S. A. 0 stars

13. I just got mine in the mail today and it does have the typo mentioned. Funny.

Posted at 8:47PM on Apr 11th 2006 by Krzyleo 0 stars

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