Proofread Your Sweaters

Christmas sweater with a misspelled message: This is my Hallmark Christmas Movies waching sweater.

When Typos Are Funny In the spirit of the holiday season, this month I bring you a silly typo. This sweater belongs to my husband, who loves to watch Hallmark Christmas movies. Funnily enough, I was the one who bought it. I was so excited when I found it while doing some online shopping that…

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Band Names: Where Does the Punctuation Go?

Front cover of Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits album

Someone I heard speak recently brought up the song “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.” He said he was pretty sure it was by Guns N’ Roses. Wrong. Poison. I forgave him. Moving on… He again mentioned the (wrong) band name later in his talk. And because I’m a word nerd, this led me down the…

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Is It a Misspelling, or a Variant Spelling?

Handmade sign reading books, toys, accouterment, novelties.

I like handmade signs so much. I love the personal touch that anything handwritten conveys. So I take time out to carefully look at and appreciate handmade signs when I come across them. Like this one. I saw this over the summer when I was on vacation with my family. We were in a small…

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