Grammar Nazis Arrested!

[Furtherman]

Two self-anointed "grammar vigilantes" who toured the nation removing typos from public signs have been banned from national parks after vandalizing a historic marker at the Grand Canyon. (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/22/20080822grammarcops0822.html)

According to court records, Deck and Herson toured the United States from March to May, wiping out errors on government and private signs. On March 28, while at Desert View Watchtower on the South Rim, they used a white-out product and a permanent marker to deface a sign painted more than 60 years ago by artist Mary Colter. The sign, a National Historic Landmark, was considered unique and irreplaceable, according to Sandy Raynor, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix.

I understand where these guys are coming from... but they're dicks. First of all, if it's an old, old sign, the grammar and spelling would be different from what we use today, right? Unfortunately the article doesn't go into great detail about the sign.

[Dougie Brootal]

hahahaha!!! thats a great story!!



"hey man, what are you in for?"


"fixing typos on historcal signs, nukka! hardcore gangsta shit, muthfucka!"

[disneyspy]

good

[LaBoob]

:lol: I fight the urge to do this myself. My favorite is the improper use of quotation marks...

The best "pizza" in New Jersey! :wallbash:

But yeah, they did go too far.

[Hottub]

Fez Paul finally got what was coming to him.

[A.J.]

You want to really punish these guys? Make them read official government e-mails and documents. I'm amazed some of these people graduated from elementary school.

[Midkiff]

I've always wanted to do this to the shitty Spanish translations you find on bilingual signs at theme parks and stuff. Just awful.

[hammersavage]

And somewhere, Sheepy is sitting back.....smiling....

[Thebazile78]

:lol: I fight the urge to do this myself. My favorite is the improper use of quotation marks...

The best "pizza" in New Jersey! :wallbash:

But yeah, they did go too far.

The improper use of quotation marks is annoying, but the one that gets my knickers in a twist is the improper use of the apostrophe.

I must admit, I've been tempted to correct that on more than one occasion. Although I am a great deal more laid back than these folks.

(I have done this at work; someone labeled the drawer for official company stationery as "stationary" ... I crossed it out and wrote the correct word. I was tempted to write "yes, we know it doesn't move, but is it writing paper?")

[Thebazile78]

You want to really punish these guys? Make them read official government e-mails and documents. I'm amazed some of these people graduated from elementary school.

Wouldn't that constitute cruel and unusual punishment?

(If we're all for torture, however, visit my sister's MySpace page. Somewhere between the spelling and the grammar mistakes lie the word-usage errors ... "where" for "were" ... "were" for "we're" ... "your" for "you're" ... etc. :wallbash:)

[A.J.]

Wouldn't that constitute cruel and unusual punishment?

Not really. It's also to show that even the stupid can't get fired. Like the one woman I worked with who sent a Directorate-wide e-mail (including to the Admiral) that was full of grammatical and spelling errors and was actually signed "Peace Out".

I am NOT making that up.

[LaBoob]

Not really. It's also to show that even the stupid can't get fired. Like the one woman I worked with who sent a Directorate-wide e-mail (including to the Admiral) that was full of grammatical and spelling errors and was actually signed "Peace Out".

I am NOT making that up.

:wacko: That's beyond obnoxious!!!

[angrymissy]

Not really. It's also to show that even the stupid can't get fired. Like the one woman I worked with who sent a Directorate-wide e-mail (including to the Admiral) that was full of grammatical and spelling errors and was actually signed "Peace Out".

I am NOT making that up.

What also irritates me are the people at work sending professional emails in Comic Sans, size 18, purple font.

[Thebazile78]

What also irritates me are the people at work sending professional emails in Comic Sans, size 18, purple font.

Comic Sans is one of the only fonts where you can't mistake an "l" for a "1."

I don't mind Comic Sans half so much as I mind someone who uses backgrounds or "stationery" for their e-mails. Fonts don't slow the system down; "stationery" does.

[A.J.]

What also irritates me are the people at work sending professional emails in Comic Sans, size 18, purple font.

Oh yeah. That's on my list too.

[Fezticle98]

I read an article on this and it said they got rid of an apostrophe and added a comma.

It also called them "Two Kerouacs armed with sharpies and righteous indignation" or some shit like that. What an insult to Kerouac.

[ADF]

Currently, the number one thing on my list is people who don't understand the meaning of "literally."

[Fezticle98]

The infer vs. imply thing really gets my blood a-boilin'.

I think I even started a thread about it. Earl is the worst and still hasn't learned the correct usage.

[ChrisTheCop]

"hey man, what are you in for?"


"You mean, For what are you in?"

Cue the ambulance sirens in the background.

[Thebazile78]

Currently, the number one thing on my list is people who don't understand the meaning of "literally."

How about people who misuse the word "ironic" or "ironically" ?

I've heard so many people say "ironically" when they meant "conicidentally." (I blame Alanis.)

[DarkHippie]

I wish to join these noble crusaders

[A.J.]

I wish to join these noble crusaders

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[SatCam]

Linguo................. dead......

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[Contra]

I get memos and faxes at work that constantly have misspellings and grammatical errors. It drives me crazy when I think these people are my supervisors. For god's sake use the damn spellcheck!

[Thebazile78]

I get memos and faxes at work that constantly have misspellings and grammatical errors. It drives me crazy when I think these people are my supervisors. For god's sake use the damn spellcheck!

Even then, they'd probably benefit from a once-over with a pencil ... spellcheck doesn't check usage errors.

[ahhdurr]

Are these guys in a gang?