Everywhere I go, I am confronted by the world’s inability to properly punctuate ANYTHING. Just today, walking down Spring Garden Road, I was appalled by the sight of a sign claiming that “Wednesday’s are pizza day” or something to that effect. WEDNESDAY’S WHAT? Also, why can’t a certain grocery chain change the bloody sign which smugly boasts that I can find “razor’s” in a certain aisle? Wasn’t my complaint letter enough, O grocery chain? Why are you ignoring me? I know that most people don’t care (and that I am probably going to get the usual eye rolls – though virtually conveyed this time – in response to this post), but it’s like finding out someone you’re into doesn’t care about you at all; it hurts, ladies and gentleman. It breaks my heart. —The Ginger Grammarian
This article appears in Mar 3-9, 2011.
I feel this pain. I love proper apostroph’in.
You are a ginger, so you have no soul and your opinion does not count.
Or should I say doesn’t 😛
Yep I agree :S
I say, let our battle’s begin!
you know I can not understand why people like to SHOUT by USING CAPITALS. I do not read it in my head shouting, it just comes off stupid.
It doesn’t register as shouting to me either–more like a highlighting in lieu of italics.
Overall, I don’t care about spelling or punctuation here, but it does bother me when I find these mistakes in published books.
🙂
http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivation…
Cracking up here Hugo. Laughter peals through the woods of Dartmouth Crossing.
Thank you , good sir, glad I could put a smile on a face 😉
Another beautiful day, definately “in like a lamb”.
This bug’s me too 🙂
Oh and on the topic of grammar/word annoyances, I haaaate when people say “eXpresso” instead of “eSpresso”. Although I think “expresso” is being accepted.
A bitch about punctuation? Anal…and not in the good way either…
There is no good way with anal!
ha ha… bad punctuation drives me a bit batty too.
But I like gingers. (Don’t you DARE pull that picture out on me again Ivan, I’m still suffering nightmares from it)
That’s a matter of opinion, mel. 😛
Just to demonstrate that I’m not a complete bastard…
http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/compl…
My parents adopted an big stray ginger Tom many years ago. Mom named him Ginger Vitus. Got some strange looks from the vets when they took him in.
Jees the cats merge in to a two headed cat, its like a heavenly version of cerberus.
Valid bitch.
heh.. meth parties…
I’ve noticed it in the horrid more and more as well.
Every week I can usually find a couple spelling/conjugation/misplaced punctuation mistakes…
I guess MS word isn’t as smart as we think…
O.K, I feel a little bad about laughing at this but what the hell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY39fkmqKBM…
HIGH FUCKING FIVES, FA.
That was brilliant!
“Lately I’ve been called a FAT fucking GINGER at school!”
Valid! No one is perfect, but if you’re going to take the time to put a sign, take a few more minutes and proof read it…
One error that really bugs me is the digital sign on that garage or tire store on Joseph Howe. In August, I noticed that it read: “hope too see you soon”. I checked again in January, and lo and behold, it still said: “hope too see you soon”. I would bet that it still says that now, in March!
I love how he was pretty sure some random place near a street was the best place to film that.
It’s like he’s walking home and….. no, wait, I can’t go a single second longer without getting this off my chest…
Tee: that sign hasn’t changed in a year! ROFLZ. It’s still talking about something that went on last May. haha.
Oh right! I forgot about that part! Hahah! Okay, new bitch – if you buy a sign, put it up, take the time to change the message once in a while and also proof read said messages.
: )
My favourite:
Pizza”s
— window of Island Greek at Cornwallis and Gottingen
Signs still there tee, walked past it before.
~:’|
My favourite:
It,s
I’m not sure what bus number it is, but the one that goes to the train station still says “Trian Station”!!!!! I’m pretty sure there was a bitch about that like forever ago.
you wrote a grocery chain about a friggin apostrophe? wow, you need a life!
here, is , something, to punuate, kiss, my, ass.