[78-L] Grammatical error on Grey Gull label

[David Lennick]

On 4/28/2012 3:12 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> From: Mike Daley<mikedaley at gmail.com>
>> I was surprised to see the label of Grey Gull 2432, "When Your Dancing
>> 'Neath The Dixie Moon" (Ryan) by the Radio Boys. This has to be the
>> first spelling or grammatical error that I can recall seeing on any
>> label of the period. Is this more common than I think?   Mike
>
> Actually this could be grammatically correct if it is the first part of
> a sentence, such as "When Your Dancing 'Neath The Dixie Moon Makes The
> Moon Feel Like Sour Cheese."  Sorta like the TV disaster show, "Dancing
> With The Stars".
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
Nice to have it confirmed that illiteracy is nothing new. The Toronto Sun and a 
local news channel CP24 are notorious for this kind of thing.

dl