Tags: foreign language spelling errors
Organic food in a hurry
"Expresso", originally uploaded by kyz. This mistake is worryingly common ...
Grammar abuse in signage - part 9
"Brew" Ridge, originally uploaded by DiegoLuego. This one has everything....
As I Like’s It
More gastronomic & linguistic innovation from As You Like It.Apologies for the poor quality photo; I must have been shaking with contempt when I noticed that their latest menu referred to "Gateaux's ...
French Letters
After opting to take the Sunday Herald yesterday, I was delighted to find a restaurant review chiding an upmarket eatery for foreign language spelling abuse (You Gimme Hope, Joanna).This is a double-pronged sin. The restaurant, in their smattered employment of French, have been deliberately abstruse so ...
Popular Posts
Recent Posts
- Part of the “furniture”
- Now you’re just being sarcastic
- Beware the parking inspector at Hogwarts
- Hugh selection
- Abuse’s of plural’s and apostrophe’s
- I can’t fault the logic…
- “I’m sorry to nit-pick…”
- Well… I am in a hurry.
- Grave errors
- Death and Tayes
Browse the Archive »
Tags
- AA Gill Abuse in Signage apostrophe Apostrophe Abuse BBC cartoon crisis of faith errors exclamation marks facebook foreign language spelling errors friends fun funny grammar guardian headlines language lyrics marketing copy menus Miscellaneous newspapers pet peeves Photos prepositions Punctuation Pundrity quotation marks randomised caps Rants signs Spelling spelling errors Stephen Fry The List the Times top ten twitter Typography Typos vague video vitriol vocabulary
Talk to us
If you want to tell us your pet peeves, send us examples of grammar abuse you have witnessed or even ask our advice on grammar matters, we'd love to hear from you. Email us on grammarblog@googlemail.com
Ads by Google
Flickr
From More Worser Grammar
Recent Comments
Lee Knapp on Now you’re just being sarcastic
Elevic Oernis on Abuse’s of plural’s and apostrophe’s
Emily on Now you’re just being sarcastic
Watermelon on Beware the parking inspector at Hogwarts
Northern Teacher on Now you’re just being sarcastic