Don’t expect a man to come to the rescue of his wife if she should fall ill in a peat bog:

Thanks to Yahoo! Shine for the Laugh o’ the Day.

http://www.alextrochut.com/

New York based Christopher explains the thinking behind the project: We used to learn our alphabets by reading those classroom banners that associated each letter with an animal or object. These days as kids become increasingly computer dependent at an early age I thought it was about time to adapt an old method to a new medium.
From cultural icons to greek mythology, this keyboard sticker set will advance the alphabetical knowledge of any child, or adult.

In no particular order:

1. A creative way to describe chargrilled chicken.

2. Gourmet tree fungi at London’s Borough Market.

3. A stuffed cock in the bedroom.

4. A  tasty dinner at the Long Acre.

5. My mother’s Easter chickens.

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Let’s hope the editors on Yahoo! Shine will kick off a proofreading frenzy and rid the site of typos:

If you’re looking for a big impact to your health, avoid these habits from Yahoo! Shine:

Reporting on celebrity fashion trends requires absolutely no knowledge of celebrities or designers. Or at least if you write for Yahoo! Shine, knowing how to spell the names of celebrities and designers is purely optional. In fact, knowing how to spell anything is purely optional. Case in point: Shine’s feature “The Thread.”

The writer doesn’t bother spelling Angie Harmon’s name correctly:

A misplaced apostrophe is a relatively minor offense when it happens once:

But when it happens again, it’s bound to rile some readers:

Also? Using that to refer to real human beings isn’t considered wrong, just “impolite.” Omitting any kind of punctuation around a movie title (like “Twilight”) isn’t impolite; it’s just wrong.

Again ignoring the journalistic convention of correct spelling, the writer hacks up Leighton Meester. (Or maybe I should say, the hack hacks it up):

The pronoun them has no visible antecedent and using who’s instead of whose is the kind of mistake you might expect from a fourth grader.

If you’ve read this far, you shouldn’t be surprised by a missing word and a misspelling of Claire’s:

Let’s hope this is just a typo and that Amanda Peet wasn’t actually wearing Mischa Barton:

I’m not the only one who cares about good writing, you know. I think the Olsen twins might care about how their name is spelled:

Shoes like platforms are usually sold in pairs:

Betsey Johnson is one designer whose name doesn’t require spelling accuracy. Same goes for celeb Taylor Momsen:

As for the funky characters that appear to be two hyphens? God knows what that is supposed to be, though a period or semicolon would be correct.

No surprise here. Another punctuation problem: Lindsay Lohan needs an apostrophe and an S:

Is this a new trend in writing on Yahoo!? Or just an especially egregious example of a longstanding acceptance of horrible writing?

BURO-GDS : http://www.buro-gds.com

Henry Roussier, Graphic Designer and Typographer

http://henriroussier.wordpress.com
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This synopsis of tonight’s “Top Chef” on Yahoo! TV takes the cake:

Though there’s nothing grammatically wrong with using both remaining and left in the same sentence, one of them would have been sufficient. (When you’re writing for the short attention span of Web readers, fewer words are always better.) But there’s a mistake in the use of its, which should be the contraction it’s. And the use of combines might politely be called a typo.

Here’s a hospital emergency room with an appropriately burnt-out sign:

I'm hurt

That one’s featured in a NYT article- thanks to Juliet for the tip.

More appropriate neon burn-outs. My favourite is this one:

People flock to this place for the rump roast.

How much do you know about proofreading? If you write for Yahoo! Shine, I’d guess that you don’t even realize it’s necessary:

A tiny slip-up on the Yahoo! front page has me wondering: Were Yahoo!’s editors sleeping on the job?

Matterss Sale

I feel bad making fun, but it was just such an egregious typo I had to share. Seen on 14th street near Wallach.

In the last 5 years I combined my work as an operator with the functions of [supervisor] and specialist in [specificed] Workflows.

I would love to work with us.

Thanks.
Demo reel is avaible.

Der Schweizer Art Director Stephan Walther baut sich die passende Typo einfach selber. Die Buchstaben verkörpern das jeweilige Motiv und reichen vom protzigen Bling-Bling bis zum lautstarken Rock (mir gefällt ganz klar die Tonleiter am Besten).

Danke Nicole!
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