Archive for October, 2005



bastard.jpg, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

So, is he or isn’t he?

Submitted by Pheasance; taken in Indianapolis, IN, June 2004.

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blessed.jpg, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

The author apparently believed that quotations marks add emphasis. Actually, they add doubt.

Submitted by Pheasance, from a McDonald’s in Indianapolis, IN.

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scan.jpg, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

Here’s a tricky verb. “Lay” is the correct past tense of “lie.”

Submitted by Pheasance from a Red Cross mailing.

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tomatoe_tn.jpg, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

One of the more popular menu misspellings, apparently.

Taken by Pheasance in Indianapolis, IN, June 2004.

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where1_tn.jpg, originally uploaded by Shameful Typos.

A Chicago tourist magazine has misplaced an apostrophe (several other folks seem to have found it, however!).

Submitted by Pheasance, June 2004.

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  • called-called-comet-Elenin
  • typo on the web site of NPR radio station WBFO
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