'Within three or four days, the first "radical" root appears. When this is about 5cm (2in) long, transfer the seed to the pre-warmed compost. Don't bury it, but put it on the surface, standing upright, with its roots going straight down. Put it in bright light in a protected place indoors' - Sarah Raven, writing in the Daily Telegraph gardening section, 28/10/06
She might well use inverted commas! As any botanist knows, the thing is called a radicle. Such lack of knowledge is rather shameful in a professional horticulturalist: unless of course she dictates her copy and can't be bothered to proof read it afterwards. In either case, rather shabby! Another neat illustration of the fact that a spellchecker (or audio typist) can't necessarily be relied on to tell homophones apart. (And a lament for the sub-editor.)
Related links:
Homophones, homographs and homonyms at Wikipedia
16/11/06 @ 13:27