Category Archives: Watch your language

The English Lesson We All Should Have Learned In High School (courtesy of theoatmeal.com)

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Autocorrect FAIL: Sorry About Your Feces

D’oh! That was supposed to read “Sorry about your fever.” Thank you, autocorrect. These days, it seems that everyone with a smart phone has been bitten by its email autocorrect monster. Even little Hannah, who received this alarming message from … Continue reading

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You, Too, Can Be A Hack

Let me give the benefit of the doubt to the copywriter of the recent radio spot for a local hospital. Let me surmise that he/she is young and inexperienced — or, at worst, just not extremely talented. I’ll choose that … Continue reading

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The A-Mays-ing Jargon Generator

RIP, Billie Mays. If you’d just stayed around for a bit longer, you could have hawked a handy dandy new technology jargon tool called the “Web Economy B.S. Generator.” The WEBG, brought to you by the wonderful folks at dack.com, … Continue reading

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