diff --git a/Lib/pickletools.py b/Lib/pickletools.py
index bcddfb722bd26de..254b6c7fcc9dd23 100644
--- a/Lib/pickletools.py
+++ b/Lib/pickletools.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def read_stringnl(f, decode=True, stripquotes=True, *, encoding='latin-1'):
         for q in (b'"', b"'"):
             if data.startswith(q):
                 if not data.endswith(q):
-                    raise ValueError("strinq quote %r not found at both "
+                    raise ValueError("string quote %r not found at both "
                                      "ends of %r" % (q, data))
                 data = data[1:-1]
                 break
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py b/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py
index a178d3353eecdf5..cf990874621eae4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py
@@ -384,13 +384,13 @@ def test_string_without_quotes(self):
         self.check_dis_error(b'Sabc"\n.', '',
                              "no string quotes around b'abc\"'")
         self.check_dis_error(b"S'abc\n.", '',
-                             '''strinq quote b"'" not found at both ends of b"'abc"''')
+                             '''string quote b"'" not found at both ends of b"'abc"''')
         self.check_dis_error(b'S"abc\n.', '',
-                             r"""strinq quote b'"' not found at both ends of b'"abc'""")
+                             r"""string quote b'"' not found at both ends of b'"abc'""")
         self.check_dis_error(b"S'abc\"\n.", '',
-                             r"""strinq quote b"'" not found at both ends of b'\\'abc"'""")
+                             r"""string quote b"'" not found at both ends of b'\\'abc"'""")
         self.check_dis_error(b"S\"abc'\n.", '',
-                             r"""strinq quote b'"' not found at both ends of b'"abc\\''""")
+                             r"""string quote b'"' not found at both ends of b'"abc\\''""")
 
     def test_binstring(self):
         self.check_dis(b"T\x03\x00\x00\x00abc.", '''\
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index d12816c90840ad0..40e114aada67eb8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def test_date_locale(self):
     def test_date_locale2(self):
         # Test %x directive
         loc = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME)[0]
-        if sys.platform.startswith('sunos'):
+        if sys.platform.startswith(('sunos', 'aix')):
             if loc in ('en_US', 'de_DE', 'ar_AE'):
                 self.skipTest(f'locale {loc!r} may not work on this platform')
         self.roundtrip('%x', slice(0, 3), (1900, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0))