Freakonomics coauthor Stephen J. Dubner noted on their Times blog an apparent typo in a recent issue of the Economist. Many readers responded in comments saying in fact that it was not a typo.
I noted that the excellent Economist magazine dropped an “r” from the word “pastries,” inadvertently rendering it “pasties.”
Well, The Economist was not wrong but I sure was. Many readers informed me that a pasty (pl.: pasties) is a small Cornish pie often filled with meat and vegetables.
In the entry's aftermath he also received a surprise package from the Economist:
Those Brits and their crazy food and spelling.