Tsunami is Japanese for “harbor waves.” Tsunami is both singular and plural; there are no “tsunamis” just as there are no “sheeps.” And “tsunami waves” means “harbor waves waves.” Duh.
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Caught this gem on Craigslist. It could have been an AutoCorrect error. Or not. Poster, the word is “cedar”.
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If you’ve not heard or read about the Toronto Star copyeditor who took umbrage upon learning that the Publisher was outsourcing the newspaper’s copyediting duties to outsiders, well, here is the document. The Torontoist has all of the juicy details.
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Whose, Jane. Whose! Sound it out. “The kid who is Kindle at [WTF!?] his homework . . .” Make sense? No!
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IMHO, you’re an idiot.
by Jeff Puthuff on January 9, 2010 · 0 comments
in Grammar, Language, Spelling, Stupid comments
I love it when people offer up their humble opinions with the careless regard for spelling and grammar as evidenced by “crazyflanger” over at Consumerist.com. Listen, if you can’t form coherent sentences with appropriate syntax and correct spelling, I don’t care about your IMHO. [But keep at it because I need more fodder for this blog.]
“I don’t know a lot . . .”
At least you didn’t type “alot.”
[click to continue . . .]
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