czeski błąd
//ˈt͡ʂɛs.ki ˈbwɔnt//
Polishnoun
Definitions
- 1.switching of letters in printed text
popełnić/zrobić czeski błąd
to make a letter switch
I jeszcze 21 lipca, może to czeski błąd?
And also, it's the 21st of July, maybe there was a letter flipflop?
Etymology
Literally, “Czech error”. Of unclear origin, although often explained as either of the following: * from the fact that several Czech words look like their Polish counterparts with two letters transposed; compare, for example, Polish karp and Czech kapr (“carp”); * from the fact that Czech numerals can be written in two ways (i.e. twenty-three can be written as dvacet tři or as třiadvacet), making it plausible for someone less familiar with the language to misinterpret the order of the digits.