Robin D. Laws on Nostr: When medieval monks made transcription errors in manuscripts, they attributed them to ...
When medieval monks made transcription errors in manuscripts, they attributed them to Titivillus, a demon of distraction. He remains active to this day, mostly recommending that writers overuse em dashes.
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