Yeah, I think I know why these stickers ended up at the dollar store.
Tag: typos
Curse Thee, Auto-Correct!
A few days ago, when I tried to post about the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre photos from my phone, I ran into a few problems getting Swype to recognize the Bard’s name. It came up with the following:
- Scheherazade
- Directorate
- Chautauqua
- Slashdot (yes, really!)
- Affiliate
- Showstopper
- Qualifier
“Pumkin” Seeds
Wait, “Pumkin” seeds? No, I don’t want that!
(I’ve recently become acquainted with Pumkin because some of their educational videos are included with Zoodles, the “kid mode” app I use to keep my two-year-old son from tapping on ads to see what they do and buying downloadable content while using the tablet.)
Goin’ On a Typo Hunt
NPR has an article on The Great Typo Hunt: Two friends cross the country with a Sharpie pen, correcting grammatical and spelling errors in road and shop signs. And there’s a book.
I may need this.
When I was in college in the mid-1990s, I kept a “Bent Offerings” newspaper cartoon on my bulletin board. One person was scrawling “I before E…” on a wall. Another was correcting a menu, muttering, “It’s Brussels Sprouts, not Brussel Sprouts!”. A third was examining someone’s T-shirt, disapprovingly asking, “Is that how they taught you to use an apostrophe?” The strip was captioned, “Roving Gangs of Rogue Proofreaders.”
The appeal hasn’t stopped. You may have noticed I have two categories on this blog devoted to weird/funny signs and mistakes in signs.
Yeah, this sounds like a good bet.
Do You Fix Old Online Typos?
I always feel somewhat embarrassed when I find a typo in one of my old blog posts, and try to fix it. I’m a little less concerned with forum posts, since they tend to be more ephemeral anyway, and I should probably treat Twitter updates and Facebook status the same way, but I’ve made my share of “Oops, I meant to say ____” posts.
How about you? If you stumble on one of your own online posts and find a typo, what do you do about it?
The poll is open through June 8. And yes, I know there’s a typo in the question. I didn’t notice until after several votes had been cast, which meant that Twtpoll won’t let me fix it. 🙁