[Ads-l] idea

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

James Landau wrote:
> Google News on my cell phone read:
> "After refusing to give the officer his idea, the man
> was put in the back of a police cruiser"

Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> I'd say it meant ID, or is that just my id talking?...

The transition from "ID" to "idea" may have occurred when a journalist
employed automated voice transcription on spoken electronic notes.
This type of error might be called a "speako" instead of a "typo".
But there seems to be disagreement about what "speako" means.

Here is a definition from NetLingo:
https://www.netlingo.com/word/speako.php

[Begin excerpt]
speako
Slang for a typo made by a speech recognition program.
[End excerpt]

Here is a definition from Wiktionary:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speako

[Begin excerpt]
speako (plural speakos)
(informal) A mistake made when speaking, for example saying the wrong
word accidentally.
[End excerpt]

Interestingly, the  citation presented in the Wiktionary entry fits
the sense given in NetLingo.

[Begin citation from Wiktionary]
1999, Transportation & Distribution, volume 40, page 4:
In other words, you made a "speako" rather than a "typo." Speech
systems these days are typically interactive, allowing for
verification of input.
[End citation from Wiktionary]

Garson

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