Category Archives: misspellings

It seems that Facebook could be a virtual treasure trove of material for this blog. Unfortunately, I think I would lose all hope in people generally if I trolled Facebook for errors. Not only that, I don’t want people unfriending me or not friending me at all because they are too worried about showing up here. Just so you know, I don’t do that . . . unless it’s really good.  🙂 People are judging you every day and for some people, a Facebook post or tweet may be the only impression they have of you. Take an extra minute to make sure what you’re posting is in line with how you want to appear to anyone who may see your post.

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First, I want to make it clear that on this Memorial Day, I am thinking of those who have served and continue to serve and those who have given all so I can enjoy my freedom. Second, I want to give credit to one of my favorite pages to follow on Facebook–Cake Wrecks. They always make me laugh and they always make me wonder what skills it takes to work in a bakery. I’m sure baking is first and foremost (as it should be), but decorating is important too. Perhaps we should develop a handbook of common phrases spelled correctly to sell to bakeries. Enjoy your Memorial Day and please pause to remember those American soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

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My nephew sent this to me. He paused his television so he could take the picture. I understand that of all of the days of the week, Wednesday is the most difficult to spell, and I understand that this appears to be spelled phonetically, but when you’re a national broadcasting company, you probably should hire people who can at least spell all of the days of the week correctly. My biggest question is how did no one catch this before it aired? Perhaps I have a new career waiting? #seriouslyabc #abcwensday

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I found this one on Google. As most of you know, errors by, in, or around schools are one of my biggest pet peeves. I understand that people are working fast and perhaps don’t have the education some others do, but everyone involved in a school is a role model and everything involved in the schooling of our young people needs to be correct. Things like this are inexcusable.

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With the start of the official baseball season last week, these Grammar Giggles are just on time. The first is from my son, who is a Cubs fan and has been his whole life. We spent many a spring training game day at Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium watching his Cubbies. Below are a few of the graphics that were used in the intro package that led into Chicago ABC 7’s broadcast of a recent Cubs game.

Looks like you left a letter out here . . .

and replaced a letter here . . .

but added an extra one here . . .

and then there’s this one. San Franscisco? Not only is the name of a major U.S. city misspelled, but I know very little about sports and even I know the Mariners are from Seattle.

This is shameful. This was part of a television presentation seen by potentially thousands of people and just goes to show that not a lot of care went into it.

The second baseball related Grammar Giggle is from my sister. This Hostess ad is just ridiculous.

Of course, Hostess claims it was intentional. Their marketing department said “The ‘Touchdown’ line was intentional; it’s fun and aimed at young audiences who are in on the running joke — which, of course, is the goalllll.”  Uh . . . riiiiight!

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I found this in a Google search for Easter grammar errors. Again, spelled correctly but the VERY wrong word!

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A loyal blog reader sent this to me from a lunch menu she was recently selecting from. Since I don’t know Spanish, I won’t point out any errors that might be there, but there are several in the English portions of the menu.

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