Comments on: Typophobia http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19155 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:36:19 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19155 Seeing "your welcome" drives me crazy.

]]> By: Lorenda http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19154 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:14:34 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19154 Had a former co-worker almost lose a job because she rescinded her acceptance letter instead of resending it to people she'd left off the first email distribution.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19153 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:12:13 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19153 Not so much favorite, but my oldest boy started public preschool this year, and I wince every time I receive a letter from the school. Whoever does their newsletter constantly uses singular nouns/plural verbs or vice versa and can't spell to save their life. Sometimes it's so bad I have to read it three times before I can figure out what they meant to say.

I'm always itching to send the newsletter back – edited with red pen – but I'm worried I'll either be labeled as one of "those" parents or crush the dreams of some poor 2nd grader who actually creates the newsletter. So I say nothing – and work on my child's spelling at home.

]]> By: Sharla http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19152 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:59:39 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19152 My friend and I keep a word document list going on a shared server at work. We call it "wordisms", and it's like a secret joke. We both go crazy over misuse of words we hear all the time. "Supposively" really? "irregardless" rrrrr…

That's just two, and there are like sixty on our list. This post cracked me up! Good to know I'm not the only word Nazi out there! LOL

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19151 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:48:07 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19151 I was at a local college, taking a writing workshop for teens, and in the cafeteria there was a sign that listed the main entree "with you'r choice of chips, Jumbo Cookie, or fruit".

]]> By: Yat-Yee http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19149 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:14:12 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19149 The misplaced apostrophes bug me the most. Another one that makes me squirm is when someone tells a dog or a child to go "lay down." Once I commanded a dog to "lie down" and he ignored me until his owner said "lay down." Grammar gone to the dogs…

The tats are fabuloso.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19147 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:36:25 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19147 I especially love signs posted by non-native speakers–I think they call it "Engrish."

After hearing Lynne Truss speak at a forum, I notice misplace apostrophes -everywhere-.

]]> By: suzy vitello soulé http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-19146 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:36:03 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/typophobia/#comment-19146 Worst, most embarrassing was on my dear Opa's tombstone. The dreaded "its" versus "it's" problem. If there's one place you don't want a typo, it's your epitaph: http://www.letstalkaboutwriting.com/2008/04/prodigal-daughter.html

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