Archive for January, 2008

Craigslist Catastrophe

Yes, that’s right… they’re offering

…all sort’s of bedding, drape’s, dishe’s, toaster’s coffee pot’s, Vacuum’s, heater’s, Iron’s , blow dryer’s, curling irons. And more at unbeatable price’s.

(Thanks, Kathryn!)

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Apostrophe Abuse: It’s Comcastic!

Jen writes:

When my dreaded Comcast bill arrived in the mail the other day, I was more appalled than usual – in glaring red ink on the envelope, an abuse of apostrophe sat right next to my name. Usually the PR people are better at catching these things, but not so at this cable company. It still pains me to look at it.

See also a similar Comcast mailing from last year…

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America’s Get’s Her Birthday Party (What?)

Melissa points us to this bizarre headline:

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Library Café Hour’s

Sam tells us about this photo,

…taken at Tufts University last February. The travesty is that this was taken in a library. Yes, that’s right, a library; someone should have known better! At least they had the decency to write “Café” correctly, but it’s hardly a consolation.

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Caramel and Apple Pie "like grandmas"

Tony writes about this pie he ordered:

When it arrived, it looked nothing like a grandma. Not even a grandma with a caramel top and custard!

Tony said it looked nothing like a grandma, but did it taste like a grandma? Any cannibals out there wish to weigh in?

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Christmas Flyer Abuse

This is from first-time submitter Greg, who writes:

This flyer for Canadian electronics retailer Visions … was just too good (i.e. bad) to ignore. By my count, there’s an IDEA’S, a T’WAS, some CD’S and DVD’S, and even a THRU’!

(Note: Stay tuned for more dated submissions as I work through my backlog.)

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What the ‘Hill is that an abbreviation of?

Alden writes:

I saw this bumper sticker on a driving north on Georgia 400 today, and the first thing I did when I got home was locate it online and take a screen capture so I could share the hill-arity (sorry) with others. This site obviously believes in neither partisanship nor grammar!

(Windc)hill?
(Ant)hill?

Are they saying they want it to feel colder than it is in 2008? Or that they want more homes for ants? I don’t get it. And shouldn’t there be a sticker for Hillary Clinton?

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Abuse in a college parking lot

Erin sends in another

…example of abuse at an educational facility — this one from Western New England College in Springfield, Mass.

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Favres’ On Fire

Courtenay writes:

I just took this photo of my TV. Any self-respecting Packer fan knows his name is Brett Favre, and so if he is, in fact, on fire, the apostrophe goes before the S. Grrrr. Or maybe, the Favre family owns something called an “on fire”.

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Bike Light Packaging Heavy on Abuse

Ken writes:

Our neighborhood police department was handing out these bike lights. I counted six abuses and one typo as well as several questionable capitalizations. It appears that the copy editor gradually went insane. I also wonder about the thought process of deciding that “jogger’s,” “skier’s,” and “kid’s” deserve apostrophes but cyclists and hikers don’t.

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