Random Thoughts from a 24 year old recent college grad exploring sexuality and life along the way.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
I hate misspellings
I pass this fresh produce stand all the time and each time I want to rip the signs as I go by. Check out the latest misspelling for zucchini. I would be ashamed. I hate misspellings of major things in public places.
Mike: I don't like zucchini -- it's often times bitter. Misspellings annoy me too but as long as I can figure out what they are trying to say, it's good. Bad punctuation is worse -- cause then I'm not sure what the writer is trying to say.
Have you read the book "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation?"
@ fan of casey: Zucchini is great fried or in a salad if it is cut up small. I can overlook punctuation, unless, well, something, is really, badly punctuated, or overpunctuated.
Mike: Almost anything is good fried. I love fried calamari and oysters. And chicken. Oooo, and onion rings too.
Here's a funny punctuation example from the book. Punctuate it differently, and the meaning changes drastically.
Consider the classic romantic note below:
Dear John: I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours? Jane
As opposed to -
Dear John: I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Jane
My spelling is horrible...like, biologically. And, since I spell everything phonetically anyway, misspellings in modern English orthography don't really bother me. Our orthography is so terribly bastardized by the French, anyway, it seems difficult to feel any great affinity for it and its rules.
7 comments:
I won't even pretend to ignore that remark...nor that i found this post cute! ;)
Mike: I don't like zucchini -- it's often times bitter. Misspellings annoy me too but as long as I can figure out what they are trying to say, it's good. Bad punctuation is worse -- cause then I'm not sure what the writer is trying to say.
Have you read the book "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation?"
@ Phunk Factor: LOL
@ fan of casey: Zucchini is great fried or in a salad if it is cut up small. I can overlook punctuation, unless, well, something, is really, badly punctuated, or overpunctuated.
Mike: Almost anything is good fried. I love fried calamari and oysters. And chicken. Oooo, and onion rings too.
Here's a funny punctuation example from the book. Punctuate it differently, and the meaning changes drastically.
Consider the classic romantic note below:
Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours?
Jane
As opposed to -
Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?
Yours,
Jane
My spelling is horrible...like, biologically. And, since I spell everything phonetically anyway, misspellings in modern English orthography don't really bother me. Our orthography is so terribly bastardized by the French, anyway, it seems difficult to feel any great affinity for it and its rules.
Hahaha, that's kinda embarrassing. Things displayed in public should have proper spelling.
.
Post a Comment