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You'd think someone at Cox corporate would have caught this on their mass-billing envelopes. Well, then again, maybe not.
I have been eyeing this for some time and today I could no longer resist. It is my favorite item of clothing now and perhaps forever.
It is also exactly the sort of thing all the young girls from my 'hood wear. Représente le 9-3, koi!
I assume that dot is supposed to be an apostrophe based on the additional spacing between the E and the S.
Apparently the plaque under our mascot statue on campus at the university where I work was inscribed by either a redneck yokel not all that well versed in the ancient Chinese concept of the tao or a big rap music fan. Nice fix though. I mean you can barely tell there was an error made. @_@
Today's San Francisco Chronicle contains a full-page ad, placed by General Motors, encouraging the US government to bail out the nation's flailing automotive industry.
Almost as if to prove how the industry dug its own grave, the very first bullet point contains a glaring grammatical error. Can you find it? Sophie's title for this photo is a hint.
And let's not even address the surreality of listing "hot dog vendors" as being among the businesses threatened by a collapsing auto industry. What's the old saying? "What's good for GM is good for the frankfurter business."
Sigh.
Detail
John Woodhouse Audubon
(American, 1812-1862)
American Grizzly Bear, c. 1840
Oil on Canvas
Museum signage:
"After creating his massive Birds of American portfolio, John James Audubon began a similar project depicting North American mammals. His son, John Woodhouse Audubon took over the project as his father’s health began to deteriorate. This image was transferred into a print for the Vivaparous [sic] Quadrupeds of North America, published between 1845-1848."
I'm tempted to contact the museum but it's hard to believe they aren't already aware of the misspelling of viviparous, and the awkward punctuation in the couple of sentences comprising the message. This is what happens when you hire high school students as summer interns and task them with making signs for your art. And don't supervise them.
From the Humane Society's calendar. My fellow grammarian said, "So, is someone preventing the month of animal cruelty?" When is Grammar Cruelty Prevention Month?
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..though my editing hand has itched
when passing this sign. It's been corrected
on the women's and girl's' locker room.
Maybe I'll go back with Wite-out and finish the job.
This sign combines many of my favorite sign features into one 8½"×11" disaster. The hilarious trademark infringement and use of “your” as a contraction are great, but my favorite part is the classic moonicode fail of using the square root symbol as a check mark!
Seriously – what would make a person want to put an apostrophe on this sign? Is it their folksy way of saying "the dumpster is for rent"?
I really want to fix it the next time I see it.
The sign actually refers to the Sioux Indian Chief named “Barefeet”. He wrote several bad checks a few months back.
Source: Liquor store in Waukegan, Illinois.
Ray and I, as photographed apres tests for the March 2005 Cambridge class at Worldwide Language Institute.