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Old 04-26-2013, 06:37 PM
 
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Irony, thy name is Oleg.
Easy now. Just a little typo or two (too, to). The message is still valid. Spell check (spellcheck?) can be a b***h.

 
Old 04-27-2013, 11:05 PM
 
Location: near bears but at least no snakes
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Running in here for protection. I was on a genealogy forum and I saw.....Code of Arms.
 
Old 04-28-2013, 02:23 AM
 
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Stopping at your typical gas station/convenience today there was a sign taped to the broken ATM:

Not working, sorry for any incovience.

From there stopped at a local bar where the special was: Lasaunya

You can't make this stuff up.
Well to be fair, I always need auto-correct to help spell inconvenience though at times I can spell it correctly yet still doubt myself. Lasagna on the other hand should be on the more simple side of words to spell. I remember the other day someone on CD spelled 'comfortable' wrong, the way they spelled it slipped my mind but I felt compelled to correct them and the person has the nerve to essentially call me a smart-ass mind you I was only correcting their minor mistake; things like that are what irritate me.

But the worse situation I ever saw was when I was planning on getting my first tattoo, the tattoo artist spelled 'faith' wrong and had put 'fatih' on the guys back; I think that was a warning for me to avoid getting tattoos.
 
Old 04-28-2013, 05:48 AM
 
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But the worse situation I ever saw...



Was this situation the worst one that you ever saw, or was it merely worse than some situations, and not as bad as others?

 
Old 04-28-2013, 07:22 AM
 
Location: NW Philly Burbs
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But the worse situation I ever saw was when I was planning on getting my first tattoo, the tattoo artist spelled 'faith' wrong and had put 'fatih' on the guys back; I think that was a warning for me to avoid getting tattoos.
Oh man, you've GOT to check out the Ugliest Tattoo Site! If that doesn't scare you... some of them are just atrocious, but many of them are misspelled! Large, painful, and expensive mistakes!
 
Old 04-29-2013, 05:28 PM
 
Location: Location: Location
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And from our very own C-D:

"...confused and blind-sighted by my request"
 
Old 04-29-2013, 05:37 PM
 
Location: County of Slight Imperturbation
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Originally Posted by Copanut View Post
Stopping at your typical gas station/convenience today there was a sign taped to the broken ATM:

Not working, sorry for any incovience.

From there stopped at a local bar where the special was: Lasaunya

You can't make this stuff up.
In LA that's the special sauna room at the Massage Parlor. Don't tell the narcs.
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You're lucky they didn't spell it kauphy, without getting a single letter right.

I once saw a school play sign promoting a performance of "The Merchant of Venus".
Dude, that's a real play. It's about pimps and ho's.
 
Old 04-30-2013, 10:03 AM
 
Location: County of Slight Imperturbation
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This is horrible punctuation. If there's anything I hate it's bad grammer. At least they used the right form of you're.

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I don't think the Writing Forum is for you.
And,...you're not even funny.
 
Old 04-30-2013, 11:05 AM
 
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This is horrible punctuation. If there's anything I hate it's bad grammer. At least they used the right form of you're.
Grammar. Sorry. Couldn't help myself.
 
Old 04-30-2013, 11:25 AM
 
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Now to get back on topic. Don't know if this has been discussed, but the number of people who say "when worse comes to worse" drives me crazy. It's "when worse comes to worst". It's right up there with "for all intensive purposes" and "doggie dog world". If folks would just stop and think for a moment about what they are saying it would make me very happy.

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