Mistake

[möve]

Is there a word / a phrase in English that you would use in a not so serious way to say that there was a mistake? e.g. when you have to send a file a second time as the first time it contained errors. Is there a something like a "error devil" or a "mistake demon" or so, who "strikes again"?

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[peana]

I think it depends on who the audience is.  At a previous company we'd say something like 'apologies for the SNAFU, please find the new document attached' (SNAFU standing for 'Situation Normal All F***** Up').  However, in politer company something like 'the gremlins were at work with the last document ...' would be more suitable.

However, I'm sure you'll get some better suggestions than these.

[andream]

or we say Gremlins or Bugs.  Or  Typo monster, uhhh HIM I know oh so well.

[radaro]

I just say "oops - disregard the previous document, this one is the correct version".

[msmarieh]

I say that my fingers typed faster than my brain. Here's the attachment.

Marie

[bethalize]

I think you mean a Gremlin.

I always say it's a "keying error" - it implies that I know what the correct version should be and it was an accident that something incorrect got through. I like it better that anything that implies ignorance.

Bethalize
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[juspeachy]

I use the Latin phrase "mea culpa" but only if the mistake was my fault.  Thank goodness, I don't use it much!

JusPeachy