Capri, Carpi ... What's the Difference?

Posted by Alex in Car & Vehicle, Funny, Gadget, Travel & Places on July 29, 2009 at 3:00 am

Capri, carpi, what’s the difference? Apparently, about 400 miles. Here’s what happened to a couple of Swedish tourists who mistyped the destination in their GPS:

Officials say a Swedish couple looking for the pristine waters of the popular island of Capri ended some 400 miles (660 kilometers) away in the northern industrial town of Carpi after misspelling the destination on their car’s GPS.

Angelo Giovannini, a spokesman for the Carpi town hall, near Modena, said Tuesday the couple drove into the main square last week and asked the local tourist office how to reach Capri’s famed Blue Grotto sea cave.

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How Do You Spell Pittsburgh?

Posted by Queuebot in Everything Else on July 16, 2009 at 7:31 pm


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The Grant Building, one of the downtown skyscrapers in Pittsburgh has an aviation beacon that instead of flashing at regular intervals, was set up to flash in Morse code the letters that spell "Pittsburgh".

This year, Tom Stepleton, a recreational pilot familiar with Morse code noticed that the letters transmitted by the beacon spelled… "PITETSBKRRH."

The one-minute video clip above shows the sequence.  The city has tried to fix the problem, but after the first attempt, the beacon is now flashing … "TPEBTSAURGH."

More on the story at the Pitetsbkrrh … oops, sorry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Link

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Minnesotastan.

 
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Warning: Scohol Zone

Posted by Alex in Funny on June 26, 2009 at 1:20 am

I know, I know, people who blog in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones or something like that. And though we’re typographically-challenged here on Neatorama, we just can’t resist this news from Channel 7 News Fox WSVN TV:

After painters misspelled the word "school" on the road, the sign has become the talk of the town, especially for students who attend class nearby.

Students who attend Goulds Elementary School have no problem spelling the word "school," however, whoever painted the word on the pavement spelled the word incorrectly.

Children who are learning to read and write are recommending that whoever painted the misspelled word go back to school.

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Inconceivable! How Could Anyone Misspell That?

Posted by Alex in Book & Lit, Travel & Places on April 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm


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We’ve had our share of typsos here on Neatorama, so we understand how misspellings can happen even to the best of us. But misspelling the name of this lake in Webster, Massachusetts? Why, it’s inconceivable how anyone couldn’t spell it correctly:

In an embarrassing mistake, officials in Massachusetts have been forced to admit that some road signs pointing to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg have spelling mistakes in them.

The typos, which are completely baffling considering how easy it is to spell Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, were revealed by a local newspaper, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, which has been covering the misspelling scandal since 2003.

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