Can you spot the error?

I spotted this game on my friend’s Facebook profile. I’m sure that the eagle-eyed readers of my blog will have an easier time with this than most people!

Reposted verbatim:

Whats wrong here:

AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE
FFF
GGG
HHH
III
JJJ
KKK
LLL
MMM
NNN
OOO
PPP
QQQ
RRR
SSS
TTT
UUU
VVV
WWW
XXX
YYY
ZZZ

Did you know that 80% of UCSD students could not find the error above?

EDIT: Holy crap! You guys are fast! I blogged this, went to the movies (saw Atonement — quite good), came back, and there were suddenly nine comments awaiting publication.

Nice job.

Don’t look at the comments if you don’t want to know the answer.

Christmas Carroling

A few times a year, I buy a few rolls of unique wrapping paper. I always try to go for something unique and different, and when I found this purple Christmas wrapping paper at Target, I knew I had to get it!

It was perfect, and it fits my personality perfectly — it’s my favorite color, with shiny holograms, girly script, cute little doodles between the words….

AND A SIGNIFICANT SPELLING ERROR.

Christmas carroling.

NOOOOOOOOOO!

The wrapping paper would have been perfect without that error!

I considered correcting the errors, or getting rid of the paper altogether, but I decided to leave it as is.

Turns out it’s what’s inside that counts — especially when it’s a Chia Shrek!

(That’s my friend Beth in her best tacky Christmas attire. She loved it.)

Gifts for the Grammarian

I’m back! I’m back!

Sorry for the absence. I hope you’re all well.

I got a few grammar-oriented gifts for Christmas — which, to be honest, I wasn’t expecting at all!

First of all, my friend Lisa got me this magnet:

They have a whole line of products with this image, from shirts and tank tops to pins, stickers and bags. Check out the line here.

From my dad, I got the book Woe is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English:

I leafed through the book, and it has a lot of great topics for future posts. Buy it on Amazon here.

Stay tuned….

I received this submission from reader sundaeg1rl. Check it out:

Location: Liverpool, England

Beautifully redundant, no?

Thanks, sundaeg1rl.

This is a pathetic excuse for an entry, but here goes.

Lisa: i dont care, im buying a new dress for this
its worth it
and on that note
im going to bed
have a good night
stay warm

me: as am i

Lisa: and i will see everyone on friday

me: good luck in the snow
yes!
think of were you want to eat

Lisa: u too
WHERE

Carissa: k i am buying the ticks now

Lisa: oh grammar vandal, u must be tired
sorry, im a bitch
goodnight everyone!

me: i’m so tired, that’s going to be my entry tonight

Look what I found!

Location: McIntyre & Moore Booksellers, Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts

Check that out!

I didn’t do that. That was already there.

That was a laminated piece of paper — so that was some heavy-duty grammar vandalism, indeed!

Overheard in New York: We Should Wager a Large Sum of Money on It

Male clerk, singing: … And one of these days these foots are gonna walk all over you.

Ghetto female clerk: Foots? It’s feets.

–19th & Broadway

Who says punctuation doesn’t matter?

Dear John Letter #1

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy — will you let me be yours?

Jane

Dear John Letter #2

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,
Jane

Slightly Unnerving

Ignore the fact that Heather Mills is insane. Focus on the text in these Viva ads.

I know that these are British, and there are different rules and styles in British and American grammar, but both of these don’t look quite right to me.

I’m not saying that these are outright wrong; I’m just saying that something doesn’t seem to be quite right.

Take a look.

What do you think?

Heresy’s Kiss

I received any email tonight that made me laugh out loud. Reader Sheena attends a very small, very Christian college in Virginia. She received the following email from the school’s campus minister:

Come hungry because there will be homemade peanut butter cookies (the kind with a heresy’s kiss on top), chocolate chip cookies, fudge, Christmas mix, chips and dips and the list goes on and on.

As Sheena said, “We may be considered a liberal college (compared to a certain Liberty University), but I don’t think we’re liberal enough for heresy kisses on our cookies!”

I would love to experience heresy’s kiss.

I bet it tastes good.

Thanks, Sheena.

The Anti-LOLcat

Thanks, Ryan.

If you enjoyed that….you’ll most certainly enjoy this, one of the funniest things I’ve read lately.