September 2007
Stephen Fry has a blog!
Should I be embarrassed that I experienced a girlish rush of excitement when I found Stephen Fry's blog?
Strike one, Grammar "so-called" Puss.
I added GrammarBlog to the Britblog directory last week. While I was poking around I found a blog by the name of Grammar Puss.At the time of writing this is the current post, discussing one of those things-everyone-should-do articles. As noble a sentiment as it is to ...
Grammar Abuse in Signage part 6
Teddington Lock 's (sic) originally uploaded by pomphorhynchus. This is ...
You really do bring it on yourself, Guardian
This is getting a bit ridiculous now. I am not picking on the Guardian (sorry, theguardian) on purpose, and I do feel like someone who slows down to look at a road accident.Below is a picture of the top-half of today’s front page:...
"Middlesborough’s" Guardian Angels
A few years ago, I wrote an article in a football fanzine about the media’s infuriating practice of inserting a second ‘o’ in the word ‘Middlesbrough’, making ‘Middlesborough’.In their ‘irreverent’ ‘Football Diary’ section the next week, The Guardian newspaper made satirical mention of the piece. This was ...
"Middlesborough’s" Guardian Angels
A few years ago, I wrote an article in a football fanzine about the media’s infuriating practice of inserting a second ‘o’ in the word ‘Middlesbrough’, making ‘Middlesborough’.In their ‘irreverent’ ‘Football Diary’ section the next week, The Guardian newspaper made satirical mention of the piece. This was ...
Poor Wee Peter
This isn’t strictly a spelling and grammar entry, I just like it. I like all three of the story headlines for the possibilities they conjure up: Did the zebra kick Peter, then try to get into a fight? Did the hair perform mouth to mouth? Was a ‘club woman’ a ...
Shoddy Burchill worse than Ron Burgundy
Using a well-worn expression incongruously or erroneously is a linguistic crime born of ignorance.Perhaps I'm naive, but I didn't expect to find it committed by a seasoned writer in this week's Observer. In an interview about what she "knows about men", Julie Burchill (whose name now graces our ...
PR agents and other Nazis
Being interested solely in highbrow entertainment such as books by AA Gill, Oscar Wilde plays and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, I wouldn't dream of giving credence to the notion that such cretinous, vacuous entertainment as Big Brother deserves its place in the TV schedule, much less watch the damned thing. ...
Madrid: Rid Mad Commas Please,
This is the front of a high street fashion shop on the Gran Via, Madrid:The title amused me enough, the erroneous comma even more so. Add in the lower case ...
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