What’s an ‘Air Conditioned TV’?
Posted on March 3, 2008
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Thanks to Thom for sending this one over - “Th[is] photo may not quite fit into one of your normal submission genres. However, I laugh out loud every time I pass this small motel in New Jersey. What is an “Air Conditioned TV”? Why do you need one?”
It made us laugh too - keep ‘em coming!
And thanks to Thom for his comments about the site:
“I love your site. It is a delight to visit and discover a new (laughable) error. Our langauge is being degraded each day and your valiant effort to point out the inconsistencies has not gone unnoticed.” We of course share this praise with Miles - if not pass all of the credit on to him.
Posted on February 28, 2008
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Another submission from Ben - thank you very much!
“It would be bearable if not for the the grating apostrophe abuse! Forget saying it with flowers, apparently we should say it with bad grammar! ;)”
Magazine Blunders
Posted on February 25, 2008
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Yesterday I was going through some magazines - online and in print - for work (PR), and in just a few pages found 2 typos… I know they have a lot to put out there, but they employ copy readers for this very purpose! It just surprises me as I’d get told off for a lot less!
The Professionalism of HSBC
Posted on February 18, 2008
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I’m so glad these people are looking after my money - seeings they can put together a poster so well.
Picture taken in Bristol… this branch has now closed down.
Response from Tesco
Posted on February 13, 2008
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Woohoo! A letter from Tesco in response to my note to them including the picture of their typo (see previous post).