I took a wrong turn in Las Vegas last week (go ahead and laugh if you must) and ended up in this scenic locale between two casinos. I stopped and
Continue readingTag: Misspelling
Watch your spelling. You never know who might notice.
Spellcheck walks into a bar. “Whaddaya have?” asks the barkeep. Spellcheck looks at the sign above the bar. “I guess I’ll have a sandwhich,” Spellcheck says. “A what?” asks the
Continue readingSpelling advice: Use I, not E, unless you really mean Lent
I’ve never thought of laundry as a religious experience. The closest I ever came was years ago when I stuck a fiberglass cloth in with a load of underwear. For
Continue readingOrdinance vs. ordnance, fact vs. fiction
How do you tell a real military base from a fictional one? Try checking the spelling. I pulled these screenshots from an old episode of NCIS I was watching the
Continue readingThe weak in review: Typos, solar-powered birds and the American mind
It’s spring, and a grizzled editor’s fancy turns to thoughts of the bizarre. (If you were expecting love, try Tennyson, who looks far more grizzled than I.)
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