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Take pictures of examples of spelling and punctuation so horrible that they make me feel a bit sick, and post them on here for other language geeks to gawp at.


 

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    Just... yikes. 5 days ago


    Bit out of focus (moving bus in the dark)... 5 days ago

    ...but yes, that says bag’s.



    I have a backlog of these 4 months ago

    And it’s been a while…

    This one’s courtesy of the California DMV.



    redbandita Supercow al rescate!!!!!!

    Has anyone ever noticed this before? 6 months ago

    Could it be that I am the first to point out this error? Hard to imagine with 200.000.000 members!



    Absnasm is so freaking happy!

    A mixed bag of horrors... 8 months ago

    ..from a local company advertising on the side of milk bottles.

    Technically, there are only two things really wrong with it – inappropriate capitalisation and misplaced speechmarks. But add to that the fact that they have filched their advertising slogan from Carlsberg and half-nicked their name from another ice-cream manufacturer, presumably in the hope that confused and harried mothers will pick up the wrong tub, vaguely remembering that their kids asked for ice cream with men’s names, and you have a tubful of annoying. It had better be good ice cream to get over that little lot.

    I have a ton of these stored up on my phone. At some point I’ll get around to posting them.



    This isn't necessarily incorrect 8 months ago

    specifically, the use of the word “compliment,” although it makes limited sense given the context in which it’s being used here. The word “complement” would be more appropriate.

    From Wiktionary:
    Compliment
    and
    Complement



    redbandita Supercow al rescate!!!!!!

    I wish this was my picture. 9 months ago

    It’s not.
    I’m very happy this isn’t my tattoo.



    No picture for this one... 12 months ago

    but I just heard someone use the word “disencourage”.

    Shudder.



    You'd think an Irish pub would be able to spell "Guinness"... 13 months ago

    Even worse, the chalkboard on the other side of the door spelled it correctly :-p



    So that's full price, then? 13 months ago


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