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Proofreading is a Dying Art these days!

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers 
       Now that's taking things a bit far!
 
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over 
       What a guy!   

Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant 
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
 
War Dims Hope for Peace 
I can see where it might have that effect!

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
   Ya think?!

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures 
      Who would have thought!

Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide 
They may be on to something!

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges 
      You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?

Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge 
     He probably IS the battery charge!

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group 
Weren't they fat enough?!

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft 
    That's what he gets for eating those beans!

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
       Do they taste like chicken

  Local  High School Dropouts Cut in Half
     Chainsaw Massacre all over again!

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
     Boy, are they tall!

And the winner is.... 

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
 
     Did I read that right?

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on March 03, 2012, 07:35:13 PM

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
      Do they taste like chicken

Are they made from real girl scouts?

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on March 03, 2012, 07:35:13 PM

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
       Do they taste like chicken

They taste like Pork (Long pig).

Allegedly.

I do occasional book reviews for self-publishers. Wow, have I seen some garbage. Both from neophytes AND pros alike, supposedly after editting...  These folks think their book is ready for press!

That said, myself, 4 other people, AND a publisher edited a photography guide. Typos still made it through... I saw a typo or two in John Grisham's latest...

That list of titles is pretty funny.

Some typos are very common like "worst" or "worse." "Worse" relates to 2 items only, and "worst" relates to 3 or more of a choice, or multiples greater than 2, i.e., 3,4,5, etc.

As an individual who could not tell the difference between phonetically similar words (ie to, too, and two where all interchangeable as far as I was concerned) until I was eighteen I personally don't see what all the fuss is about.

Yours the house dyslexic.

The Queen's English is dying!!!  God forbid!!!!

Quote from: Hominid on March 05, 2012, 06:15:36 PM
The Queen's English is dying!!!  God forbid!!!!

I ain't never seen no queen in her damn undies. 

Here is a hotly debated "typo;" "regardless" or is it "irregardless?"  Anglophiles insist on "regardless" and tend to claim that brutish uneducated low brow twits use "irregardless;" the type of slug that hits his women on the head with a club and drags her into the cave.

How about "supposibly".  Drives me batty...

Quote from: Hominid on March 06, 2012, 12:05:34 AM
How about "supposibly".  Drives me batty...

I found this little gem.........

Here are all those groovy terms that hippies use and what they mean.

http://www.hippy.com/glossary.htm

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on March 06, 2012, 03:03:48 AM
I found this little gem.........
Here are all those groovy terms that hippies use and what they mean.

I love it DB!!

Quote from: groovypucks on March 08, 2012, 03:44:28 PM

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on March 06, 2012, 03:03:48 AM
I found this little gem.........
Here are all those groovy terms that hippies use and what they mean.

I love it DB!!

Groovy man, totally groovy!

Victor Borge: Phonetic punctuation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bpIbdZhrzA

and inflationary language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6kElOYcd8

Quote from: Landshark on March 13, 2012, 02:00:03 AM
Victor Borge: Phonetic punctuation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bpIbdZhrzA

and inflationary language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6kElOYcd8

Classic! Cracked me up, dude!