from across the pond?

There's been a commercial on local TV lately for a beauty salon having a sale on liter size bottles of shampoo. They flash the word "liter" on the screen 7 times - 4 times it is spelled "liter" and 3 times it is spelled "litre."

What? Half of the commercial was made by a Brit? No, the whole ad was created by under-educated Americans.

A few gems from Zeke...

Zeke is the Compulsive Proofreader's first guest contributor!

This is a farm's 'hook' on HWY 199. It's been up for years, but it's so good. This one actually makes me smile instead of roll my eyes.

As Zeke said, "Burning fur smells bad. I'd go with the Uke."
On second thought, I'd prefer to use fir or eucalyptus in my woodburning stove. Ukeleles may have stinky side effects, too.

Not everything is spelled foneticly.

If you know you're a poor speller, please don't touch the labelmaker.

Come on, nothing rhymes with can?

So... nobody told the marketing department that the stuff was going to come in a can? Oops.

Artist's Statement

By now you should pretty much realize what's going on. I catch things. They just pop out at me; I can't help it.

I'm not claiming to be perfect. I make mistakes, too. It's just that certain things really catch my attention and I feel like sharing them. Maybe the mistakes are funny, or maybe they're common mistakes made because the English language is so incredibly confusing.

You'll probably find typos and grammar discrepancies littered throughout my blog, but that's just how it goes. 99% of the time, I proofread what I've keyed in, but I don't always get everything. I don't follow any style (as in AP or MLA). I'm not THAT anal. :)

At any rate... enjoy.

It's not all stencils and spray paint, folks.

Yep, people can screw up even when they write it out by hand.

The second one is pretty good, too.

From a nearby beauty salon... Do you think Debi did it on purpose?