Job Opportunity for ELF's grammar police
Posted by Rita
Job Opportunity for ELF's grammar police
Posted by: Rita (---.agry.purdue.edu)
Date: March 22, 2008 06:24PM
In NPR's quiz show Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me this week's Bluff the Listener segment had a story that would definitely appeal to ELF's grammar police.
During the hockey off-season, maybe you can volunteer to help The Typo Eradication Advancement League.
P.S. They didn't stump me, I figured that this had to be the true story in this segment.
During the hockey off-season, maybe you can volunteer to help The Typo Eradication Advancement League.
P.S. They didn't stump me, I figured that this had to be the true story in this segment.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/22/2008 06:31PM by Rita.
Re: Job Opportunity for ELF's grammar police
Posted by: Robb (---.gradacc.ox.ac.uk)
Date: August 23, 2008 07:46AM
Whew. When I saw this headline, I was afraid that one of our own had been pinched!
Re: Job Opportunity for ELF's grammar police
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: August 27, 2008 11:23PM
You shouldn't deface government property. But still, doesn't anybody in government think about proofreading before casting a $3,000 bronzed sign? (Is the sign really worth $3,000, or is that just what the government claims? I think bronzed house signs are about $150 and this defaced sign didn't seem a whole lot larger.)
Somewhere on the highway between Hobart and Cornell last week, we passed through a small town whose signmaker shop had a typo on the freakin' sign. I almost turned around and went back for a photo ... but didn't, figuring I'd never have a use for the photo.
Somewhere on the highway between Hobart and Cornell last week, we passed through a small town whose signmaker shop had a typo on the freakin' sign. I almost turned around and went back for a photo ... but didn't, figuring I'd never have a use for the photo.
Re: Job Opportunity for ELF's grammar police
Posted by: ugarte (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: August 28, 2008 10:07AM
You can always send a photo like that to Failblog.billhoward
Somewhere on the highway between Hobart and Cornell last week, we passed through a small town whose signmaker shop had a typo on the freakin' sign. I almost turned around and went back for a photo ... but didn't, figuring I'd never have a use for the photo.
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