J.A.S. What's up with N. ?

**Mindyleigh** · April 1st, 2009

i also agree that the typos were done on purpose, but i didnt see any responses on the other question. what was the movie? because i remember it also

**Mr Nobody** · April 2nd, 2009

Originally Posted by petalpea

Nightmares and Dreamscapes . I suggest reading it as well because it's a fantastic story.

The TV adaptation wasn't half bad, either, iirc.

I already figured they were typos - though being me it took until the second read.

I guess the logic to it is, the doc is falling apart mentally and is perhaps rushing to get his account written, so it's partly 'forgetting' how to spell and partly because of rushing. To prove this can happen, write something - longhand or on computer (results would show best on screen, though) - as fast as you can, without using the old 'internal censor/editor', then go back later and have a look. It's amazing, the dumb stuff you do despite having otherwise excellent skills.

**Teddy Duchamp** · June 16th, 2009

ooo bit harsh there earlier - I think the reason there are not a lot of responses on this thread (as mentioned earlier) is because most of us who read the story recognised more or less straight away that it was because the guy was becoming more and more delusional - similar to the main character in Duma Key who kept using the wrong words after having the brain injury.

I didnt think for a second it was a typo..........

**The Outsider** · September 8th, 2009

Yeah SK uses typos in a lot of stories to denote a decline into insanity of some sort. Off the top of my head, in Skeleton Crew he uses this in the story "Survivor Type" a lot. Its a common technique for a lot of other writers who delve into insanity.

**SKFaninNJ** · October 27th, 2009

I think the 'typos' were purposely added.....to show the degree of OCD. I believe that the typos were included so that each entry had an even number of each letter.....or maybe I miscounted...

**Bryan James** · October 27th, 2009

Many writers fight language and grammar and Kelsey Grammer. Because they can't quite grease what they want to really say, ya dig?

So they say it another way. Does tintinnabulation ring a bell or three?

**Jay P Lang** · November 4th, 2009

I thought that it had to do with counting letters as he suggested earlier in the story, or counting words, and which were easily divided. The funny thing is that I did find myself counting them a few times but then I told myself not to. I listened, but it kept begging me to do it. If it wasn't on purpose it should have been.