[78-L] Bing Article in today's WSJ
Ken "Silver Showcase"
kenreg at tds.net
Thu Apr 29 09:39:51 PDT 2010
Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> Regrettably, one can find all kinds of spelling, punctuation,
> grammatical, and word-choice mistakes in today’s media. So far, my
> favorites just this morning are “passers by” and “the Couple were.”
> Recent favorites include “uriniating,” “Personnel and Confidential,”
> “wind turbans” (those clever A-rabs and Seeks!), “physical review” for
> “fiscal review,” “glutton” for gluten, and this sign in a Ft. Wayne,
> Indiana laundry: “For sanitary reasons, there are no Burmese people
> allowed.”
>
I rather enjoyed a post on another list from someone who told us about
his father's "gob ladder" surgery. It took a lot of gall to write that.
-- Ken, who wonders if its bad luck to walk under a gob ladder.
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