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Parisian Sex Shop Catastrophe Emily, who is teaching English in Paris, found this apostrophe catastrophe in a sex shop in Paris. She writes, "My friends were more amused by the fact that sperm fancy dress outfits even exist, but as you can see I… |
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The Bear Owns the Bar TT the Bear's Place will always hold a special place in my heart because it's the first bar at which I ever got a drink. So, I know its name is supposed to have an apostrophe in it. Apparently, Harpoon… |
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Wacky Worm Catastrophe Leah sent me this apostrophe catastrophe that her brother found at a carnival in Revere, Mass. Even without the catastrophe, what the heck is a "wacky worm photo"? The picture is weirding me out. Thanks, Leah!… |
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Rajon Rondo Playing for a Jewish Softball Team Apostrophe Catastrophe This photo has been published elsewhere, but nonetheless, it may be my favorite apostrophe catastrophe of all time. At least until someone sends me one involving Kevin Garnett. Rondo playing for a Jewish softball team?! With an apostrophe catastrophe on… |
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Double-Apostrophe Catastrophe Jaclyn sent me this photo from a convenience store that recently changed from a White Hen Pantry. Perhaps Jia couldn't decide which direction an apostrophe should face (as opposed to as single quote mark), so she decided to put both.… |
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Tiara Catastrophe Jillian sent me this picture from a store in upstate New York. It looks like a cute idea for a business, but sadly, it's marred by the apostrophe catastrophe in the word tiaras. Thanks, Jillian!… |
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But I Did Not Mock the Deputy Jon sent this apostrophe catastrophe from a St. Patrick's Day parade. Perhaps this sign is more of a missing-word catastrophe. Should it be "sheriff's office"? Thanks, Jon!… |
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Iron-Clad Catastrophe After a recent trip to Calgary, Chim sent me four catastrophes. Here's another it's vs. its error, and this one is permanently embossed on a plaque. Thanks, Chim!… |
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Double Apostrophe Catastrophe from a Library My friend Natalie was horrified to find this double apostrophe catastrophe at the Medford Public Library. Some style guides recommend using an apostrophe in abbreviations such as DVD, but since the videos has a catastrophe in it, I'm going to… |
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Charity Poster Catastrophe This event seems like a great cause, but the top line of this poster (kid's cancer buzz-off) implies that the charity is for only one kid. Sadly, we know that there are many kids with cancer, so this poster is… |
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It Is What It Is My cousin sent me this apostrophe catastrophe from the parking lot of a Sheraton in Warwick, Rhode Island. He says he would expect to see this kind of sloppy punctuation at a Super 8 but not a Sheraton. I have… |
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Crazy Bad Punctuation This food stand from a craft show in Vermont makes the same mistake three times. I guess they are adamant that fry's is the plural of fry. With French fries on nearly every menu in America, I don't understand how… |
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Catastrophe on the Iditarod Trail An anonymous reader sent me this catastrophic sign from the Idatarod Trail. "It's the last great race," she writes, "but unfortunately, not the last great apostrophe catastrophe." Thanks, Anonymous!… |
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Code Blue for this ‘Hosprital’ Sign Amusing articles in the Sun and the Daily Mail report that St. Luke's Hospital in England made two critical mistakes on its new sign. Here's the image from the Daily Mail:"Hospital" is misspelled the second time, and the name of… |
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Coffee Catastrophe I am definitely a coffee addict, but I'd have to boycott this product, which Axelat0r spotted at a gas station, because it confuses its with it's in the description.Its is a pronoun that shows ownership; it's means "it is."Axelat0r originally… |
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Coffee Catastrophe I am definitely a coffee addict, but I'd have to boycott this product, which Axelat0r spotted at a gas station, because it confuses its with it's in the description.Its is a pronoun that shows ownership; it's means "it is."Axelat0r originally… |
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Patriotic Pizza Catastrophe It's a holiday here in Boston, so I thought I'd post a local apostrophe catastrophe. Joel from Melrose, Mass., submitted this catastrophe a few weeks ago, but it seemed appropriate for today. He says the pizza at Dado's was good… |
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This is sad, but… Smoochiefrog sent me this catastrophe-laden sign from an animal shelter. I hope the cats will forgive their owner's punctuation errors and come home soon.Thanks, SF!… |
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Would You Trust These People with a Needle? Meg spotted this apostrophe catastrophe on the sign of a tattoo parlor in Torrington, Connecticut.It's scary to think about what mistakes they might make on your body. And what is the weird symbol above the apostrophe?Thanks, Meg!… |
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Gardening Catastrophe Andrew found this double apostrophe catastrophe on the front page of his local newspaper, the Selwyn Times, which covers a semi-rural area near Christchurch, New Zealand.How does a business association not employ a proofreader?Thanks, Andrew!… |
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The Ol’ Ball and Chain Sherry sent me this badly punctuated shirt that she found at the Wireless Catalog.Even without the apostrophe catastrophe, the message of this shirt annoys and depresses me. It's 2012! Equality and freedom, people!Thanks, Sherry!… |
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You Are Confused Julie was a bit perplexed by the random apostrophe placement in this ad.Maybe they couldn't decide whether the word should be you're or your, so they chose something halfway in between that would be wrong no matter what. And that… |
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Coffee Catastrophe What a shame that this badly punctuated sign is ruining a lovely English estate.Thanks to Simon for sending this double catastrophe from across the pond.… |
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Feminist Catastrophe For those of you who didn't go to Wesleyan, womyn is an alternative spelling for woman that doesn't have a "man" in it. ("Hey-hey, ho-ho, this penis party's got to go!") Since women is plural, I would have to say… |
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Still Crazy After All These Years The person who made this wall hanging may be old, but he or she is certainly not wise.Someone did think I was a student the other day when I was at my high school, so maybe I'm just crazy...Thanks to… |
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Avoiding a Permanent Mistake and Other Public-Service Announcements As an editor, my mission in life is to avoid mistakes in print. Therefore, I would never get a tattoo. When I'm 65, I'd rather be spending my hard-earned 401k dollars on vacations, not painful laser surgery. But if for… |
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The Earl Would Be Horrified Nic sent in this double apostrophe catastrophe from Newhaven, East Sussex, England:Adding horrors to catastrophes, why doesn't baguettes get an errant apostrophe?Thanks, Nic!… |
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You can’t-a have-a de Mango! My friend Rich sent me this apostrophe catastrophe from Stop & Shop.Either mangos or mangoes is acceptable as a plural, so this could be a spelling error, too, depending on your personal preference.Thanks, Rich!… |
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X-Rated Apostrophe Catastrophe Brenig contributed this eye-catching apostrophe catastrophe from ITV's This Morning show. Yes, that's right, folks, it says penis.Brenig tells me that the devil's penis is a chili pepper, and I believe him. I don't want to Google it to make… |
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I Wanna Know What Jeep Is Joe in Saskatoon spotted this apostrophe catastrophe on display at a truck stop.Thanks, Joe!… |
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14th Time’s the Charm After 13 apostrophe catastrophes, this menu from Taco Rio in Wichita, Kansas, finally gets it right at the bottom right side of the menu.Thanks to Spencer for sending in this deluge of apostrophe catastrophes.… |
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