Bad Spellers of the World, Untie!

Photos of handmade signs (many of them from the 912 march in Washington, but some from other gatherings) are floating around the interweb. I saw a collection on a Facebook page today and couldn't help laughing at many of them.

Clearly, we are all capable of making mistakes, but I wanted to share a few because of the patterns I noted among them.

Clever, with a Chance of Errors


A two-fer!


Which leads me to my next category...

Anti-Immigration and English-Only Activists Who Can't Write English


Is this how you spell it? No.


How about this? No.


I can't help thinking it's fair to hold these people to a higher standard of spelling and usage.


Perhaps this is the alternate version called Engalish.

Darn Those Latinate Words, They're Just Too Hard to Spell


"Stimulus" has been used in the news constantly for close to a year, but can he spell it correctly? Nope.


I believe the word was meant to be "mediocrity." Or maybe "mediocracy," as in government by the media? Who knows. But it's sad to see someone holding up a completely unintelligible sign with so much enthusiasm.


Perhaps this is the first time he had to write a four-syllable word.


Someone has a crisis of competence, but the immediate evidence would indicate it's you, dear.

Letters Gone Wild


I like the little "YES GOD" in the upper left corner.


Perhaps they are stunned.


Who is Hugh? Is he related to "Not Me," the invisible creature who was responsible for all the trouble in "The Family Circus" cartoons?


The classic "pubic" error -- good to see that it still happens.


Geez, you can't even pronounce this one.

What Were They Thinking?


No spelling or grammatical error here, just a bad case of banging together multiple historical references. Plus a really painful drawing of a snake.


Probably my favorite among all the signs, despite the steep competition! One can only wonder if this sign writer believes Muslins worship Satin.