People are idiots. Evidence as follows: Fine coffee. Appalling punctuation. Every week I see menus with shocking spelling. Now would be the time your usual bad-grammar-blogger would mock the “Chinglish” found at Asian restaurants, but hey, how about a little class? Let’s make fun of Italians! Spot the mistakes: Assuming you ignore the capital letters, […]
I want candy… wait, what?
Published in September 23rd, 2011
On a recent peruse through the supermarket aisles, searching to satisfy my notorious sweet tooth, I came across a small spelling discrepancy. Allow me to illustrate… Exhibit A – Foodland, Brighton, SA Exhibit E – Woolworths, Coburg, Vic. I am confused. To be honest, I wasn’t completely sure which version was correct. But to my […]
You thought Tiger Airways was incompetent…
Published in August 1st, 2011
On one of my frequent trips to Coburg’s fabulous Sydney Road (on a quest for some new tea towels) I dropped by one of those dirt cheap discount shops – you know, the ones over-stocked with Southeast Asian merchandise – when I came across this gem: Oooh… The “Aerobus”! But wait… That’s clearly an Airbus […]
Idiots & apostrophes
Published in May 23rd, 2011
I couldn’t believe the above typo when I saw it. On a poster for the new Channel Nine TV series In Their Footsteps, they make one of the simplest mistakes in the English language… They forget the apostrophe. Our “NATIONS” heroes? Unfortunately, those posters are on bus shelters, tram stops and train stations all over […]
More bad grammar
Published in April 3rd, 2011
It’s been a while since my successful grammatical stand against the Commonwealth Bank, so if you’re in need of a reminder, check out BEFORE and AFTER David’s M. Green’s red correction pen. In the mean time I’ve accumulated a few more examples of bad grammar and general incompetence, so back by popular demand… it’s David […]
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