"Jud" wrote in message
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Mr. Jaggers wrote:
And now I must proofread this, lest I fulfill Skitt's Law.

James

Made me look that one up! I was unawares of it! (Error intentional)

He made me peek, too. Wikipedia lists Muphry's Law (the spelling is
an intentional self-referential error) and:

"A similar law: "McKean's Law: Any correction of the speech or writing
of others will contain at least one grammatical, spelling, or
typographical error" has been set out by lexicographer Erin McKean.

"Similar laws have also been coined, usually in the context of online
communication, under the names of Skitt's Law, Hartman's Law of
Prescriptivist Retaliation (or The Law of Prescriptive Retaliation),
Bell's First Law of Usenet, Moen's Law of Corrections, Tober's lor,
Gaudere's Law, Naruki's Law and Greenrd's Law, and it has also been
called Merphy's law."

Who knew there were so many neologists working that particular turf?
I guess they're all going to have to battle it out in court to see who
gets the legally enforceable claim to the naming rights. :-D