tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post5470706144619805669..comments2023-09-11T08:33:57.537-05:00Comments on Message in a Bloggle: the Art of Being Broken: Improper Poll: See JaneTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141883867104777688noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-73914478700565726452011-06-15T10:04:41.159-05:002011-06-15T10:04:41.159-05:00Friko, thanks so much for stopping by!
Sioux, I h...Friko, thanks so much for stopping by!<br /><br />Sioux, I had to look up the plural of bus. ACK. Guess I shouldn't be doing posts about spelling!<br /><br />Oh, Lisa! That's a great spelling story!!! :-oTammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141883867104777688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-83728717941908333072011-06-14T22:02:44.381-05:002011-06-14T22:02:44.381-05:00My favorite misspelling was a doozy. A company I u...My favorite misspelling was a doozy. A company I used to work for printed bills for a national cellular company. The cell company asked to have a message printed on the bills; our programmer agreed and worked late to get it done. A few days later I received a call (I was the manager of customer service for our branch) from the CEO of the cellular company. His bill had arrived, and instead of declaring his company to be "the most expansive cellular service in the Southeast" our programmer had mistakenly put "the most expensive cellular service in the Southeast." Hahaha! It's funny now. Not so much when I was getting hollered at by an angry exec, or when we had to reprint and mail (at our expense) more than 50,000 invoices. One little letter. . .makes all the difference!Lisa Ricard Clarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048410207952052295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-34010181628297065422011-06-14T00:21:54.057-05:002011-06-14T00:21:54.057-05:00It's not funny, but there was a weigh-station ...It's not funny, but there was a weigh-station sign on highway 70, east of Hermann, that said, "Busses welcome." It was up for quite a while; it's now gone, I think.<br /><br />There was a local farmer who advertised "tomatos" every summer. I always threatened to go in the middle of the night and paint an "e" in place. They finally redid the sign, saving me from an almost-certain run-in with the law...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-33007903857427944252011-06-13T14:36:25.965-05:002011-06-13T14:36:25.965-05:00What? On Blogger?
What a question, all the time.
...What? On Blogger? <br />What a question, all the time.<br />if I had known I'd be coming over here to you I'd have kept a tally.<br /><br />You have an interesting blog. Thanks to Jabblog for helping me find you.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-40738388547326322742011-06-13T06:30:18.975-05:002011-06-13T06:30:18.975-05:00You guys make my Monday. I'm still giggling a...You guys make my Monday. I'm still giggling about pubic libraries and viscous dogs and NOTRH...and that "then" for "than" thing drives me nuts, too! And the gas sign, oh my.... I didn't know that about eBooks. I don't have one, so I guess I didn't realize they're scanned in!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141883867104777688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-19947907741222905922011-06-12T22:52:14.843-05:002011-06-12T22:52:14.843-05:00My favorite road sign is on the way to Lookout Mou...My favorite road sign is on the way to Lookout Mountain in Tennessee. It is for a cafe/gas station. It says, "Eat here and get gas." I did, and I did.Judiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778815502961000469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-765168988461303972011-06-12T17:52:45.219-05:002011-06-12T17:52:45.219-05:00So were the ice cubes shaped like golf balls? (LOL...So were the ice cubes shaped like golf balls? (LOL) Actually I saw a road sign on the news which read "NOTRH," I guess it was joke on the GPS challenged.<br /><br />Sorry I'm late I try to stay unplugged on the weekends.<br /><a href="http://fragilemouse.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow</a>Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136045025997662057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-2862463920770585722011-06-12T16:14:52.733-05:002011-06-12T16:14:52.733-05:00What a timely post you have, my dear. I keep a lis...What a timely post you have, my dear. I keep a list of misspellings until I find a way to use them. Now I can share that treat with your readers: bafoons for buffoons, gertile for girdle, and my personal favorite, viscous for vicious. As in, "...attacking Weiner like viscous dogs."Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-6820799638363078372011-06-12T15:45:30.212-05:002011-06-12T15:45:30.212-05:00Why, yes, I have! Funny you should ask, Tammy. T...Why, yes, I have! Funny you should ask, Tammy. That's why we have Spell Check. The funniest that I saw wasn't actually a mis-spelling, but a dropped letter from a sign. It was in Atlanta, and the sign read "Pu bic Library".Judiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778815502961000469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-23287929726387886112011-06-12T14:09:12.182-05:002011-06-12T14:09:12.182-05:00Funny you should ask — I'm re-reading Jane Eyr...Funny you should ask — I'm re-reading Jane Eyre for the forty-eleventh time, but for the first time on my eBook reader.<br />Of course, like all old books, it has been scanned in for this purpose. It is full of errors caused by the scanner being unable to make out individual letters for whatever reason: the old letterpress type may have been unevenly worn, or broken; the ink may have been worn off the page; the page may have been dirty, or have been wet at one time.<br />When less-than-perfect books are scanned, the result is not only also less than perfect, it is sometimes less than English.<br />— K<br /><br />Kay, Alberta, Canada<br />An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous TravelKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795370529696691543.post-62129932758815532452011-06-12T09:59:00.488-05:002011-06-12T09:59:00.488-05:00I've seen 'prolly' quite a few times ...I've seen 'prolly' quite a few times - due to mispronunciation, probably and 'then' for 'than', again because of pronunciation/regional accent. I also have a coaster with 'Seasons of mists and fruitfulness' - it irritates me every time I see it.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.com