Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Let's get annoyed about spelling.

Do you get as annoyed and downright angry at the way people spell these days? It's not just spelling but shocking grammar as well.
I do understand that there is such a thing such as sms-speak, which of course is a major irritant as well. Can people not just write "the" and not "da"? In this regard I guess it's a losing battle but I shudder to think how these YOOFS will cope in the corporate world one day. Imagine a contract, for example, which says: "Ol da peeps mus sine da c.tract bi tonite" or some such vomit.
Signage in the real world leaves one cold, and often hliariously amused. At the recent Aardklop festival in Potch I saw a sign (a typed and laminated page) - got the photo evidence - for toilets which says: "MANS    GENTAL MEN". A friend sent me a pic which he took on his phone camera of a menu at a restaurant in Parys which read: "Grill Omeletttte". Firstly I'm not sure what a grilled omelette is, and secondly why so many "t's". Then a sign at the bakery for "BURGER BANS". The best recently, and unfortunately I did not have my camera with me, was at my local butchery advertising "ICE BINE".
Some time ago I was invited to the launch of a new tourism destination in Groot Marico. They distributed fold-out pamphlets which advertised all the members of their accommodation association and other attractions and activities. I counted no less than 14 spelling and grammatical errors. People such as myself who are somewhat anally obsessive about this sort of OOPS would pick up the brochure, read it and and wonder who these morons were and think twice about visiting the area. I would wonder if this is the shoddy way in which they marketed their product then heaven knows what the quality of the offerings would be.
I would love to hear from readers of their own side-splittingly funny experiences.             

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