Veritaserum Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatMomof3 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 http://shine.yahoo.com/event/fallfashion/grammar-fail-on-old-navys-college-t-shirts-uh-oh-2531551/ :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 That is just so wrong. Does no one proofread anymore? How many people saw that between saying "hey we need a sign that says potatoes" and the actual hanging of the finished sign? Oh the kittanity!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 aggggh! MY EYES! (or is that "MY EYE'S!") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Oh the pain. IME restaurant menus are another frequent offender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingSimplicity Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 http://shine.yahoo.com/event/fallfashion/grammar-fail-on-old-navys-college-t-shirts-uh-oh-2531551/ :001_huh: I guess they had to donate the apostrophe to the grocery store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I guess they had to donate the apostrophe to the grocery store. :smilielol5::smilielol5: [ATTACH]6201[/ATTACH] Oh my! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 [ATTACH]6201[/ATTACH] 'Sup with that? :001_huh: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The pain, the PAIN!!! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingSimplicity Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The pain, the PAIN!!! :blink: I know. It pain's me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I know. It pain's me. :lol: And I JUST took the warning about what happens to puppies when you use an apostrophe to make verbs singular out of my sig line. (the puppie's cry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) Ugh. Drive's me nuts.:tongue_smilie: Edited August 25, 2011 by alilac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Is that REALLY your local grocery? I don't think I could take it. I'd ask to see the manager. I'd tell him to take it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Oh no, the poor kitten's! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Is that REALLY your local grocery? I don't think I could take it. I'd ask to see the manager. I'd tell him to take it down. It is. I go there every 10 days on average. I think the sign is new because I hadn't noticed it before. Oh, the name of the store is Smith's. Maybe they really like apostrophes? :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I love this thread. :D I used to look for Cake Wrecks, now I'm going to start looking for random apostrophes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtneyMI Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 http://shine.yahoo.com/event/fallfashion/grammar-fail-on-old-navys-college-t-shirts-uh-oh-2531551/ :001_huh: It's only a U of M t-shirt. They suck anyway. And I am horrified for the kittens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 the name of the store is Smith's. Maybe they really like apostrophes? :tongue_smilie: I hope the store belongs to ONE person named Smith... if it's a family I'd have to patronize elsewhere! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 ROFL - it burns it burns! :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 I hope the store belongs to ONE person named Smith... if it's a family I'd have to patronize elsewhere! :lol: :lol: "Smith's" is a chain of stores across the region. How would one properly plurarlize multiple stores with that name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It's a kittastrophe! In other news: dh and I had a function tonight where several speeches were given. Someone used the word "dearth" when they should have used "wealth." I judged him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinlunachick Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Interesting that the sign behind it is properly pluralized. What is it about the word potato that just turns people's brains to Jell-o? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearWallowSchool Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 [ATTACH]6201[/ATTACH] :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I'm laughing out loud at this one!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It's a kittastrophe! In other news: dh and I had a function tonight where several speeches were given. Someone used the word "dearth" when they should have used "wealth." I judged him. :lol: In a similar vein, I judged ds2's English teacher when she failed to mark the improper use of "effect" in ds's paper. He should have used "affect" instead. He did it twice in that paper. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Well you do know we live in the last days, and some horrors are things we just need to learn to live through! It will make you a stronger person in the end! I'll start praying for those kitten killers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HistoryMom Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Blerg. I was unable to patronize our local oil change shop after they put a big sign out from offering: "Free Analyzation!" It sounded painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Okay, I'm missing it. What should the "School supplies" sign really say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 [ATTACH]6201[/ATTACH] Really? That was obviously done on a computer! Spell Check on WORD, people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire up north Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It's only a U of M t-shirt. They suck anyway. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Okay, I'm missing it. What should the "School supplies" sign really say? It has only one 'p'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It has only one 'p'. Thank you. Since this was a thread about the misuse of apostrophes, I assumed it was supposedly missing one. I am a horrible speller :sad: I'm really hoping teaching my kids will improve myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Blerg. I was unable to patronize our local oil change shop after they put a big sign out from offering: "Free Analyzation!" It sounded painful. :lol: Okay, dh wanted to know why I was LOL. I didn't even want to get into explaining it. On another note though, at least they don't charge for this service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 You know, I noticed a post on another thread that killed a kitten. I couldn't quite bring myself to point it out. I wasn't sure if it would be rude, but oh, the poor kitten! And by one of our own, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Blerg. I was unable to patronize our local oil change shop after they put a big sign out from offering: "Free Analyzation!" It sounded painful. Made me LOL, I actually snorted.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Apostrophes are fine in their own way, but the real fun is looking for misused quotation marks in public. They're everywhere! There's a blog out there somewhere called, "The Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks." It's hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Apostrophes are fine in their own way, but the real fun is looking for misused quotation marks in public. They're everywhere! There's a blog out there somewhere called, "The Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks." It's hilarious! Um, it's actually called The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. Get it right. Sheesh. :tongue_smilie: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Just last night I was reading a sign at the place where dc take Tae Kwon Do. It was advertising safety equipment, and one sentence said, "A cup is recommended for male's." I won't detail my train of thought at that point... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 :lol: "Smith's" is a chain of stores across the region. How would one properly plurarlize multiple stores with that name? Smith's'z's. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Really? That was obviously done on a computer! Spell Check on WORD, people. Honestly, I think some people end up with every third word or so they write with that red underlining and they just become blind to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Ugh. Drive's me nuts.:tongue_smilie: Okay that was perfect! I called the kids in to see it because I was laughing so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Smith's'z's. :D :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iona Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'm "guilty" of over quoting...and the over use of ellipses btw...but I fell it is necessary because how would you guys know when I was using "air quotes" since you can't see me.:) just for fun..."air quote's":D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamauk Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I used to be a grammar and punctuation nazi. Facebook, texting and email have ruined me. :001_tt2: I KILL KITTENS :001_tt2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 It's a kittastrophe! :lol: Blerg. I was unable to patronize our local oil change shop after they put a big sign out from offering: "Free Analyzation!" It sounded painful. Yikes! I overuse; semicolins; it drove my grad advisor nuts! I had to take remedial punctuation lessons from her. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularMom Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I've long suspected that not everyone understands that the red squiggles mean "misspelled word". Maybe some people think that MS Word is celebrating their style and choice of words. :tongue_smilie: I almost don't have the heart to tell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 It's only a U of M t-shirt. They suck anyway. :smilielol5: As for the original sign, maybe it's pointing out the property of the potato, letting everyone know that this aisle belongs to POTATO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBre Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 :svengo: What a tragic sign of the times. They don't even make me laugh anymore. They make me want to cry! We've got the internet, for crying out loud - look it up! Thank God your children have you, all you caring, involved, homeschooling mothers. You're going to have to be the ones who save us from apathy, ignorance, and bad education! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 That is just so wrong. Does no one proofread anymore? How many people saw that between saying "hey we need a sign that says potatoes" and the actual hanging of the finished sign? The pathetic thing, Audrey, is that they do proofread and don't recognize the errors. ("School suplies"...seriously?!) Don't even get me started on the weekly local paper. Oy vey!Apostrophes are fine in their own way, but the real fun is looking for misused quotation marks in public. They're everywhere! Definitely! A sign on a local walking path warns that the bridge may be "ICY" when wet. Not icy, mind you, but "ICY". I love the unnecessary quotation marks "blog" and bought several "copies" of her little book for "gift-giving" purposes. Oh, the name of the store is Smith's. I hope the store belongs to ONE person named Smith... if it's a family I'd have to patronize elsewhere! :lol: Ah, but what to do if you're friends with one of the many families (e.g. "The Johnson's") who are killing kittens on a daily basis right outside their homes?:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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