A lot of thought goes into designing a sign. Companies want their signs to reflect their brands, so they have to look clean and error-free. But this is in a perfect world. External factors, such as dust, rust, lights going out, etc., will mess up your sign and the resulting sign fails can be hilarious. The […]
On the internet, misspellings are very common. Surprisingly, it’s not always a bad thing. Some people intentionally misspell words to avoid being detected or censored. Others do it to save time and characters. These misspellings have become their own unofficial standard, and now, if you get them wrong, they look “misspelled.” Moreover, on platforms like
The purpose of learning a language is to communicate. We want to express ourselves in the best way we can, and if you’ve been learning a second language, especially English, you will immediately understand that that’s not an easy task. It takes tremendous effort to make yourself understood in a second language. While some of
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A calligram is a word or text that is written in such a way that reveals the meaning or the intent of the written word. It’s calligraphy done creatively. A famous example, are these Arabic words that illustrate their meanings. It takes a lot of word knowledge and artistic skills to visualize the meaning of
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A tattoo is such a very hard commitment to make. It’s something that’s gonna be burned in your skin for the rest of your life. That’s why you’ve got to be extra careful what you put there. Tattoos that involve words are the trickiest. Imagine a tattoo artist who’s not that versed in English grammar
A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward. Words in themselves are fun let alone if they can read from both ends. The fact that these words are palindromes is coincidental, but a little bit of creativity went into forming the latter part of the palindrome phrases you’ll find
28 Palindrome Words And Phrases That Are the Same Backwards and Forwards. Read More »
People misspell words all the time and for all sorts of reasons: being in a hurry, sloppiness, drunkenness, or plain ignorance. And you know what, it’s totally fine because we know that spelling is hard, especially for people like us who know the madness of the English spelling system. However, there are certain times when
I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of homophones before. They’re those words that are pronounced the same way but have different meanings and spellings, and this is why they confuse a lot of people. But homophones can be fun sometimes and because of them, we have jokes like this: What happens when a frog’s car breaks down?
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Language fanatics like you and I pay incredible attention to our grammar and punctuation and we expect everyone should do the same. Alas, there are people out there who just hate what we love; grammar and punctuation, and go about mindless of language, throwing grave mistakes here and there. And that’s why we have the
The Worst Grammar And Spelling Fails Caught By The Grammar Police. Read More »
For wordsmiths like us, we pay great attention to how people speak and write. We analyze how people articulate certain sounds and how they put words together and sometimes just marvel at what comes out of their mouths. But other times, we suppress this irresistible urge to correct some of the dumbest mistakes that most
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