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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

British Airheads

How many times do we have to tell those ignorant London-based marketeers and publicists that Leeds, West Yorkshire and Leeds, Kent are not one and the same place?


You'd think that, in order to justify their undoubtedly fat salaries, they'd rely on more than a simple Google image search to furnish their 'research'.

For finding this one, my thanks go to Dennis A, from Leeds.

The city, not the village.

Monday, 20 October 2014

161 Years A Typo

I think this may well be one of the oldest typos I've seen.

It appeared in an 1853 edition of The New York Times and concerns the name of the man whose story was told in this year's Oscar-winning film 12 Years A Slave.


Not only does the newspaper spell his name differently within seconds, but also neither of the spellings is correct.

It's Solomon Northup. Just sayin'.

Friday, 17 October 2014

Swap shop

Parents! Unhappy with the gender of your child?

Call in and get it changed!


What's that you say? Oh, it's Kids Exchange?

OK, never mind the gender thing. Just swap the whole kid for another.

Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Still Game Day

Gameday... The Right Way is the 'fan conduct initiative' implemented by the San Diego Chargers American football team.

When it was introduced, Jim Steeg, the Chargers’ Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer said, 'All of the parties involved in our game-day experience have stepped up and will do whatever it takes to promote a positive environment and deal strongly with those few individuals who over-indulge.'

Damn. If only they'd got to the Banner Printer in time.


Hic!

And, if you missed the headline, this might help.

Monday, 13 October 2014

No, No, Nao

I don't follow so-called celebrities on Twitter but, luckily, I know people who do and I rely on those good people to point out their solecisms. Here's a good one from @annfirth.

It's Naomi Campbell attempting to congratulate the fabulous Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize last week. And failing miserably.


Close, Naomi, but no cigar. Not even a tobacco leaf.

Even more astounding was her attempt to explain her errors on Instagram.


Not good enough, Nomes. Probably best to stick to whatever it is you do.

And keep well away from writing.

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