Names omitted to protect the innocent; otherwise copied verbatim:
Dear Dr. Jonathan Sterne:
Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in reviewing the tenure and promotion documents of —–. As you know, excellence in research activity is one of the most important areas of evaluation for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor and the ranting of tenure.
HA!
Maybe not a Freudian Slip, but definitely a glimpse of freudian lace there. “N” is nowhere near “a” and “t” so it cannot have been much of a typo. Hilarious.