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anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Turmeric stops turmors?
No, that can’t be right. Maybe it’s “tumeric stops tumors”? Still not right, but that’s what it...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
Apparently boobyliciousness inspires stupidity...
So I've made a rather startling revelation this morning:The girls look really good today.Ladies, you know what I'm talkin'...
6 days ago Red Pen, Inc. | Topics: misspellings
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Oy veh! It’s Hanukkah, Festival of Blight
The writer for Yahoo! Shine created a little visual blight with this spelling of the Jewish holiday:It might be spelled...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
MISSPELLING MONDAY for December 21, 2009
Who takes their cameras into bathrooms? Grammarphiles do, dammit. And that's how this little Grammarphile caught this...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Spacing out on the front page
The writer for the Yahoo! front page (www.yahoo.com) spaced out when it came to spelling waterfalls:Posted in Misspellings...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
A storm is brewing at Yahoo!
The big question is: Is it a snow storm. Or a snowstorm. No one at Yahoo! seems to know or care.Here’s one spelling on...
 
MisterT
MisterT posted a blog entry
I had a bean?
Earlier this week, I graded my kids' language arts project, which was creating a "biography quilt" based on a short book...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Amanda Seyfried and friend
The writer for Yahoo! omg! must have friends on the brain when composing this caption about Amanda Seyfried:Posted in...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Ohters to avoid
Here’s one place to avoid a typo: the Yahoo! front page:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: misspelling, typo, Yahoo!,...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
We’re going to Meltown!
It’s a meltdown for this headline from Yahoo! Shine:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: meltdown, misspelling, Shine, typo,...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Mackenzie Phillips, The Mamas & the Papas and the mysterious hyphen
Jeez, if you can spell a name correctly once, can’t you do it twice? Apparently not:The Yahoo!...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
So you think you can spell
Ummm. No.  If you write for Yahoo! TV’s ”Primetime in No Time,” you’re not too good at...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Jil Sander gets an L of an addition
Designer Jil Sander gets one L of an addition from Yahoo! Movies:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: Jil Sander, misspelled...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Sweet home Alambama
It’s time for the pitmasters to compete in Alambama and Yahoo! TV has all the info you need on this mysterious BBQ hot...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
I’m afraid payed doesn’t make the grade
Every so often there’s a misspelling on Yahoo! that defies explanation. This from Yahoo! Shine is one of...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Find the error and circle it
I know! I know! I know where the typo is on the Yahoo! front page:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: misspelling, typo, Yahoo!,...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Comme des énigmes
It’s a real mystery how a supposed fashion writer can be oblivious of both the spelling of fashion house Comme des...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
‘Daybreakers’: Removing wrinkles from the blood supply
Any pleats found in the blood supply will be removed in the movie “Daybreakers”: I think the supply of...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Oof. A gift for family anf friends
Oof. Here’s a gift for your nitpicky family and friends from Yahoo! Shine:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: misspelling,...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
Seeing red--red pen, that is...
So I'm still wrapping my mind around last night's Dexter season finale (did anyone else see it? I thought it was quite...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Not-so-sweet caption
In an obvious rush to publish a summary of Jodie Sweetin’s ”UnSweetined,” the writer for Yahoo! TV made a...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Muic’s biggest dynasty
Could it be the Jacksons? Looks like the family is the biggest dynasty in muic, according to Yahoo! Music:Posted in...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Yahoo serves up a tasty buffet
It’s a yummy blooper on the Yahoo! front page, at the expense of billionaire Warren Buffett:Posted in Misspellings...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Oh! Natural? No. Naturel
Don’t try spelling complex expressions like au naturel if you didn’t take French in high school or you’re...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Who toyed with Natalie Floyd?
Someone at Yahoo! Movies has been toying with Ms. Floyd’s name:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: misspelled celebrities,...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Real transformation isn’t K-Fed’s
The real transformation on the Yahoo! front page isn’t Kevin Federline’s:Posted in Misspellings Tagged:...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Chace Crawford, victim again
It’s been some time since Chace Crawford (er, make that Chase Crawford) has made an appearance on the Yahoo! front...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Mudvayne releases tile-covered album
And the group did all their own tiling! Here’s proof from Yahoo! Music:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: misspelling,...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
He thread, she thread
What is this supposed to be? Only a devoted reader of Yahoo! Shine (and I know both of you are out there) would recognize a...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Get ahold of a dictionary
Well, I knew the writer didn’t get ahold of a dictionary when I read this on Yahoo! Shine:And I suspected she...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
Misspellings are even funnier when you're all hyper/giddy and stuff.
I'm in such a silly/hyper/giggly/giddy mood that pretty much anything seems funny to me right now, but this misspelling would...
18 days ago Red Pen, Inc. | Topics: misspellings
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Hilary Duff: Get the L out!
To the writer of Yahoo! Shine’s “The Thread”: Please get the L out of Hilary Duff’s name. She...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Every parent knows Fisher-Price
If you have a kid, you know about Fisher-Price. So, is the writer of this teaser on Yahoo! Shine child-free or just...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Should boys throw another shrimp on the barbie?
Yahoo! Shine asks an intriguing, typo-laden question:Should boys have barbecues? I never considered barbies...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Some spas come up short
Some spas come up a bit short on Yahoo! Shine:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: misspelling, Shine, typo, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Shine ...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
‘The Yellow Kleenex’ would have been so much easier
Geez. Don’t you hate it when those big Hollywood movie types choose a name for a movie that’s just too darned hard...
 
Doms
Doms posted a blog entry
A cat has claws at the end of its paws. A sentence has a pause at the end of its clause.
For lack of an appropriate title for this post, I gave the difference between a cat and a sentence. :)Here are some errors...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Make it your New Year’s resolution
Is someone really thinking about New Year’s resolutions now? Not me. I’m still trying to find new ways to...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Once is enough for Carmella DeCesare
If you can spell Carmella DeCesare’s name correctly once, why can’t you spell it correctly twice? Um, perhaps once...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
MISSPELLING MONDAY for December 7, 2009
Dear today's youth,Considering that the above screenshot came from a job search resource for teachers, and that "teacher"...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Mallika Sherawat: A near miss
It’s almost Mallika Sherawat in this photo caption on Yahoo! Movies:Posted in Misspellings Tagged: Mallika Sherawat,...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Deepak Chopra? Depak Chopra? Trust me, it doesn’t matter
Millions of people every day turn to  the Internet for medical information and advice. But are they relying on trusted...
 
anonymous
anonymous posted a blog entry
Hordes of screaming hoarders
What better word to describe hordes of hoarders than hoardes? Kudos to the writer of this excerpt on Yahoo! omg! for a...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
Happy Black Friday!
Today is Black Friday, and since I'm something of a shopaholic, I'm headed out to join the masses for a day of fiscal...
31 days ago Red Pen, Inc. | Topics: misspellings, The Name Game
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
Happy Turkey Day from Red Pen, Inc.
Happy Thanksgiving from Red Pen, Inc! I hope all of you reading this have a lovely day filled with friends, family, good food,...
32 days ago Red Pen, Inc. | Topics: misspellings
 
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sorry for the misspellings there
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
Happy birthday, Mama Grammarphile!
My mom taught me many things, but among the best things she taught me was how to write clearly.The same is obviously not true...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
MISSPELLING MONDAY for November 23, 2009
In honor of going back to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving (and not a moment too soon, 'cause I'm hella homesick), today's...
 
Harry Seldon
Harry Seldon posted a tweet
The Top 5 Misspellings of @Mendeley. http://bit.ly/7JzZli Guys you are MISSING your true problem with potential misspelling...
 
The Grammarphile
The Grammarphile posted a blog entry
FOODIE FRIDAY for November 20, 2009
It's one of those months weeks days where I wouldn't mind just drinking my lunch. So, (doubly) misspelled or not, hand over...
38 days ago Red Pen, Inc. | Topics: misspellings, Foodie Friday