Archive for October, 2010

This was the trivia question during the FOX broadcast of game three of the world series on 10/30. I didn’t have my camera handy, but when they showed the answer the errant apostrophe was gone.

(Thanks, John Tulloch!)

Baseball, it's, TV

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On the 8th day, God created Bug’s

Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on October 27, 2010

I saw this on a blog reviewing the Creation Evidence Museum in Texas.

(Thanks, Chad!)

bugs, creationism

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Want’s to thank coaches… should blame teachers?

Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on October 25, 2010

That’s not a misplaced apostrophe. It’s just, uh, a contraction of *want us*. Ahem.

From Union Hill Elementary (surprise) in Union Hill, CA. Photo taken yesterday (10-24-2010).

(Thanks, Jay!)

coaches..., elementary, flag, football, school

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All the news that’s fit to print…now with extra apostrophes!

Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on October 24, 2010

Seconds after I noticed it on the home page of the New York Times this morning, the page refreshed and this was gone.

(Thanks, Beth!)

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Policy’s to live by

Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on October 24, 2010

This sign was posted for at least the three years (and from the looks of the sign, probably the ten years beforehand) I worked at this Georgia Tech-area pizza bar. This was the sole surviving poster that did not know my black marker during my tenure there.

(Thanks, Sheila Ameri!)

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Errant apostrophe in upmarket menu

Posted by Readers Like You in Uncategorized on October 22, 2010

As restaurants go, Sails is one of Auckland’s finest. Pity the same thing can’t be said about their proofreader.
The same error is perpetrated on their website: http://www.sailsrestaurant.co.nz