30
May

There are many apostrophe’s

   Posted by: Fence   in Clickies, Ramblings

Yes. I know. No need to say it. I’m well aware that the plural does not take an apostrophe. But I don’t think anyone told the ad designers for Mexico’s tourist campaign as plastered across many many of Dublin’s buses is the slogan “There are many Mexico’s”.

hmmmm.[1]

Oh, and in case you were wondering the “clickie” category idea is gestolen from here and here. Basically it is a collection of links that I either think are interesting, or that I want to read at a later date. So I’m bookmarking them with del.icio.us and that then automatically posts them here once a day. How much fun is that[2]

Linknotes:
  1. - Im also aware that I am the last person that should be pointing out such flaws as there are probably a billion similar ones on this blog. But then again, I dont get paid for this ↩
  2. - possibly none ↩
Tags: apostrophe, del.icio.us, Dublin Bus, links, Mexico, oops

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no imageAnn (Check me out!)
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I haven’t had the misfortune of seeing those buses, but those sorts of mistakes drive me crazy. And they really are everywhere.

There’s a woman who calls herself the Grammar Vandal who runs around Boston fixing such mistakes.

Sometimes, mistakes can be charming and amusing, like the little take-away stand near our apartment in Chicago that served “hat dogs” and “the best tacos in tawn” …. but apostrophe mistakes are just annoying.

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May 31st, 2008 at 8:35 pm
no imageFence (Check me out!)
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Yeah, those are kinda cute. But on a big ol’ tourist campaign? That’s just wrong. Maybe I should chase down the street after the buses with a big jar of tippex :D

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June 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
no imagekerryview (Check me out!)
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God we have it in Kerry too, in spade’s. anyway, check this pic http://bp2.blogger.com/_Vwr1zgjSuEI/R-kKHdj-_HI/AAAAAAAAADA/D0bh-VXCvQs/s1600-h/DSC00216.JPG at my blog. This shop sure use’s apostrophe’s a’s if they were absolutely necessary. just messin with my apostrophe’s!

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June 4th, 2008 at 8:44 am

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