ZOMG WHO KNEW THERE WERE COWBOYS IN VERMONT? I don’t remember cowboys when I lived there! But, I mean, there were a lot of cows, so I guess it makes sense. Anyway. Ahem. Yes. As Colleen so rightly points out, there isn’t a state in the United States that is abbreviated “VE.”
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“I would, but I’m paralyzed with not caring very much.”
Dave is apparently traumatized. Count the mistakes! I got up to 12 completely different ones before I stopped caring. (Click to embiggen.) Um. So, am I the only one reading the instructions in my head in the Buffalo Bill voice? “It twists off the screw… it breaks off the card buckle…” *shudder* Among other things, [...]
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Meg in the Big City found this just before Hurricane Irene passed through. So apparently this was the place to party Saturday… but only if you’re not particular about spelling.
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More adventures in imported-grocery stores! At first I thought I was going to just give this a “just wrong” categorization, and I snapped the picture surreptitiously as I ran past. Now I realize there are actually two errors here, besides the obvious. Unless the sauce itself has been “seared at a high temperature and then [...]
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Apparently my father was shopping for something delectable without me. At least he thought about me. I’m so glad to be the person everybody thinks of when they see egregious grammatical errors. Also, I’m not sure if my father caught this, but my compulsive Food Network viewing caused me to think “Wait, those are macaroons?” [...]
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New-mom Lisa R. found this delightful mutilation of a perfectly decent adverb. Can’t see the delightfulness? Here you go. Lisa herself says “You ship international what?” I wouldn’t ask, Lisa. I wouldn’t ask.
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The following e-mail appeared in my inbox, via Lisa’s inbox: Lisa supposes this is better than running around abnormal. I’m just distracted by the AWESOME of this MTA service. This is why I love the digital age, typos and all!
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Not to be outdone by The Washington Post, discount retailer T.J. Maxx will see the extraneous “the” and raise us two random capitalization errors! Thanks, Dad!
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Dave S. has a theory about this one that I think is quite sound: I think they meant to write, “one of the largest redevelopment efforts in suburban Washington since the World War, too.” Sadly, this made the print edition as well. On the other hand, it seems totally possible that this is one of [...]
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Outstanding contributor Chris H. sends this in: So the soda machine here at work has been empty for a few weeks. He came today to refill, and apparently didn’t have a label for the different worlds he was stocking, so he wrote it in. Never had cherry coke zore before… Me either, Chris. And… I [...]
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