Shameful Typos.com http://shamefultypos.com everyone makes typos, it is only shameful not to correct them Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:22:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 This web site suggests that American sign language will help you communicate with dead friends and family? http://shamefultypos.com/2010/04/sign-language-for-the-dead/ http://shamefultypos.com/2010/04/sign-language-for-the-dead/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:22:25 +0000 Thomas http://shamefultypos.com/?p=125

Erin Callahan spotted this dreadful typo at wonderhowto.com on a page that teaches sign language.

]]> http://shamefultypos.com/2010/04/sign-language-for-the-dead/feed/ 0 It’s not the Banc of America http://shamefultypos.com/2010/04/banc-of-america/ http://shamefultypos.com/2010/04/banc-of-america/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:24:56 +0000 Thomas http://shamefultypos.com/?p=97 This typo from the Bank of America web site was submitted by Simon Fry.

Bank of America’s web site had the word bank spelled “Banc” with a C.

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Click here for full-size image of this typo.

Typo location – Screen shot of an article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100414/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_books_author_dakin
Typo date – Spotted on 4/14/10 in an article posted that day
Typo description – “It’s” instead of “its”
Typo Category – Website
Typo spotted by – Sarah Proto

]]> http://shamefultypos.com/2010/04/its/feed/ 0 Yummy “Flavore” http://shamefultypos.com/2009/12/yummy-flavore/ http://shamefultypos.com/2009/12/yummy-flavore/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:28:17 +0000 Thomas http://shamefultypos.com/?p=92 Flavore

Location:  What’s the Scoop restaurant, Primos, PA.
Typo: Misspelling – Flavore (although perhaps that’s Italian for flavor?)
Categories: Restaurant, Sign
Typo spotted by:  Lisa Wetherby
Typo Capture Method: Camera Phone

]]> http://shamefultypos.com/2009/12/yummy-flavore/feed/ 0 It is prime time to “boroww” at Key Bank http://shamefultypos.com/2009/01/picturemail/ http://shamefultypos.com/2009/01/picturemail/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:53:06 +0000 editor http://shamefultypos.com/?p=89

They knew enough to double a consonant, but they doubled the wrong one.

]]> http://shamefultypos.com/2009/01/picturemail/feed/ 0 Their your is typed “You’re” http://shamefultypos.com/2008/07/their-your-is-typed-youre/ http://shamefultypos.com/2008/07/their-your-is-typed-youre/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:19:52 +0000 editor http://shamefultypos.com/?p=88 Spotted on ZDNet.com by Thomas on July 3, 2008.

]]> http://shamefultypos.com/2008/07/their-your-is-typed-youre/feed/ 0 The New York Times Has Typos Too http://shamefultypos.com/2008/06/the-new-york-times-has-typos-too/ http://shamefultypos.com/2008/06/the-new-york-times-has-typos-too/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:19:36 +0000 Thomas http://shamefultypos.com/?p=86 typo on NYTimes.com

This typo was found in a June 23, 2008, post on The Caucus Blog, the New York Times Political Blog.

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This typo is engraved in black marble, part of a monument to the Daytona 200 motorcycle race.

]]> http://shamefultypos.com/2008/04/84/feed/ 0 Typos: “legislature” is spelled wrong, but the shameful typo is “cunty” instead of “county” clerk of courts. http://shamefultypos.com/2008/04/82/ http://shamefultypos.com/2008/04/82/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:22:53 +0000 Christine http://shamefultypos.com/?p=82 typo.jpgScreen shot from local newspaper website found by L. Ellis in MA. 

]]> http://shamefultypos.com/2008/04/82/feed/ 0 CNN.com uses “loose” when “lose” is the correct word http://shamefultypos.com/2007/12/cnncom-uses-loose-when-lose-is-the-correct-word/ http://shamefultypos.com/2007/12/cnncom-uses-loose-when-lose-is-the-correct-word/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:22:19 +0000 editor http://shamefultypos.com/?p=80

CNN.com uses "loose" when "lose" is the correct word

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