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The noun phrase a elephant in the cartoon above (19 November 2010) looks like an error arising out of ignorance. However, a more plausible explanation is that the cartoonist had merely been very careless. As an amateur calligrapher myself I know all too well how easy it is to misspell even the simplest of words � and even one�s own name! � when writing (and typesetting) a piece very slowly and deliberately by hand, especially in capital letters.
