Can Ohio and Oklahoma be confused?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I mean really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are in different areas of the US. Oklahoma has a unique shape–I mean can you really confuse these two shapes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But think about it for a second. On a form, in the spot for place of birth, someone writes “Ok.”Could that script possibly be interpreted as “Oh?”And then when they type the place of birth on another record, it becomes “Ohio?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s not as improbable as you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s a reason why it is suggested you think about how information may have actually come to be in a record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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