Comments on: Typo Hunt

By: GREG WOOD

GREG WOOD — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:17:26 +0000

I am reasonably certain that the word “typo” connotes
an accidental strike of the key, not an intentional
decision to spell a word incorrectly.

What these guys are talking about are not “typos”,
they are grammatical and/or spelling mistakes.

I personally find the misuse of apostrophes to be more
bothersome and offensive than spelling errors, which can happen to anyone(except, of course, to me…).

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:31:08 +0000

In that entry for the “Graphite Sculpture”, they fixed a typo, but left in “San Francicso”.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:04:38 +0000

The one that gets me is public restrooms marked, “Mens.”

By: Barbwire

Barbwire — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:12:25 +0000

It’s kind to call many of these errors typos, when they are simply presenting the stupidity of the writer. I cringe reading the comments of many blogs. Why can’t people learn to write decent English? What is so terribly difficult about the difference between the verbs “to lie” and “to lay”? Oh, well. These errors are getting so common, clearly more and more people don’t even see the mistake.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:47:54 +0000

thanks TEAL for reminding people to respect the English language (sorry my comma key isn’t working; I know there should be some in this post)

anyone who thinks they’re going overboard needs to read a book now and then

By: ted

ted — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:16:59 +0000

Geez, if you read their stuff, they actually go around with business cards and ask people to correct their typos – sounds about as pleasant as being visited by Jehovah’s Witnesses.

I believe that’s how the Knights Templar got started.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:12:09 +0000

D’oh!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:11:48 +0000

We need a tpyo hunt on Neatorama

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:21:32 +0000

Taht r teh awsumenzz.

By: Ron Moses

Ron Moses — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:03:10 +0000

I managed to convince my local supermarket to change all their “10 items or less” signs to read “10 items or fewer”. Unfortunately they did it with masking tape and a Sharpie. But hey, it’s something.

By: caitlin13

caitlin13 — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:54:23 +0000

Ahahaha trying to catch their typos is exactly what I’d do. I like what they’re doing. Typos always annoy me. In fact.. Hey I might have one!

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:15:42 +0000

Art team? At most grocery stores, every sign for every item is made by the workers on the floor. If a grocery store has an “art team”, they should be held to a higher standard.

By: Me

Me — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:05:16 +0000

Haha, I hesitate to mention this, because it would cause a lot of aggravation for the crew members if people started bugging them to fix everything, but at Trader Joe’s all the signs are handmade by an art team. EVERY SIGN for every product, so there are bound to be mistakes. Most common, I’ve found, is a Q instead of a G, Quacamole, Baquettes. I don’t fix them, though, I think it’s pretty cute.

By: drunkenass

drunkenass — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:02:04 +0000

$6.99 for a watermelon? I hope that is part of the typo . . .

By: annemarie

annemarie — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:13:53 +0000

I’m guessing the people that are a part of TEAL are white just because of this website:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/99-grammar/

they must crap their pants when they get a txt message!

By: erik

erik — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:56:44 +0000

Sounds like a bunch of grammar nazis!