Amphibian problem

From this "for sale by owner" listing:



















[Click to enlarge, until I get used to the new programs ;-)]


This is a skink (from Virginia Herpetological Society):

We'll be back!

We've been ill with flu and had to replace the computer and other drudgery.

We'll be back with more typos and awful grammar in a day or two.

Twitter me this

I've rarely used Twitter and have no earthly idea what twitterhit is.

Looks like somebody should be proofreading:

Oh, no, Spock!

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If the mainstream media can't get the spelling correct, are they reporting anything factually?

This can't be the first time Esquire has printed Nimoy's name.

UPDATE: Esquire spelled it correctly nine times in the past.

Munch ado

It's discouraging when professionals can't spell somebody's name correctly, and consistently, throughout one article.

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Want did you say?

Not a spelling error or typo, but another example of poor or no proofreading at The Daily Snooze. Found by Apostrophe Teen. Link:

Possessive, not plural

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There's an echo in here

Software problems at the Daily News?

Link (at the time of posting):

There are two identical articles, here and here.

They hit a triple

Link (July 15, 2009 evening):

As of post time, they had three different links, too:

Here

Here

And here.

Lack of consistency

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Y, oh y?

Link:

Call the police!

And see how they like having their name spelled wrong:




It's spelled correctly elsewhere in the article. What gives, Daily News? Surely you can do better than this!

And another thing: How in the world can you tell it's an "assault rifle" - whatever that is - from this evidence:




It can't be a hunting rifle, or a gun used for sport or target shooting, it has to be an "assault rifle"? Is that what the casings have stamped on them? Sheesh.

Again and again

From the front page of Fox News today:




OMG, they did it again in the article headline:





UPDATE:

I almost missed the other goof. The piece ends:

The lots of Hardcore Energize Bullet and New Whey included in the recall are:

And that's it. No more info.

Sheesh, Fox, I work cheap!

It's gotta be U

Link

Sore loosers?

Link. I don't know how long the article will stay on the page, but here's the misbegotten headline:

UPDATE: MORE!

Here:

And here:

Gov't inefficiency

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I want to take you hire

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Or! Or! Or!

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C'mon, use your spellchecker!

Sheer laziness.

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Just deserts.

I didn't watch the video because I'm on dialup, but I strongly suspect that they meant people who sell sweets - not sand. Correction welcome.

UPDATE: Video link is captioned correctly, if it's cheesecake they're talkin' about.

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