Food Businesses Guilty of Spelling and Grammar Errors
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One way to lose weight is to avoid food purveyors that willingly commit misspellings.
See ya, Krispy Kreme. According to this MSNBC report, Angela Nickerson is so annoyed by the Ks, she won't patronize the doughnut chain.
If you really want to shave the calories, cut out all restaurants or businesses using unnecessary quotations, too. The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks has been famously policing the bad grammar scene for years now. If you've read the "menus" or "sandwich boards" of the restaurants you frequent, it won't "surprise" you that a number of eateries get their "knuckles" rapped.
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15 Comments:
I don't need spelling abuse to turn me off of Krispy Kreme. Their doughnuts were solid lard. Gross. Of course, they failed so hard in Canada that I couldn't find a branch now if I tried.
The C-to-K switch drives me crazy though, especially on "Skool" (what are they trying to teach kids with that?). Also on my spelling peeve list: La-Z-Boy and anything that is advertised as E-Z. Why? Because I read them as La-Zed-Boy and E-Zed, and therefore they don't make sense.
Ironically, during Krispy Kreme's brief stint in Canada, I couldn't help but notice that they were the only company that spelled "doughnut" properly. WTF is a "donut"?
kevster at 10:19AM on 02/09/09
I'd consider adding places that use an apostrophe when they want something to be plural. Of course, if we cut out all three of those categories, we might never eat again...
trillian42 at 10:23AM on 02/09/09
@kevster: I didn't know Canada called it a "zed," too. Thanks for the intel.
Adam Kuban at 10:39AM on 02/09/09
I "love" the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks!! That is and has long been one of my biggest pet peeves. I hate the stupid on-purpose mis-spellings too. "Nite" and "Rite" irritate the crap out of me.
buffy at 11:46AM on 02/09/09
# 1 (currently: "Sammiches". #1A: "Sammies"
lemons at 12:05PM on 02/09/09
Ah, remember when Noah Webster changed the spelling from colour to color. Long time ago. He also wanted to reform the spelling of cat to Kat. Good thing he failed, no? Or it could have led to the next great culinary misadventure. And what of Kuban? It's not the island.
I suppose unnecessary quotation marks can be annoying. But so can unnecessary hyphens.
But I guess we are all a little curmudgeons at heart. It isn't "rare" and it ain't no "bit", it's Welsh Rabbit.
Feefiefoefum at 12:38PM on 02/09/09
@Fee; 'rarebit' is believed to be mocking the dialectal pronunciation of 'rabbit', which is itself speculated to be a mockery. The Welsh were considered too poor to afford proper meat, so bread and cheese would have to do. The OED lists 'rarebit' as far back as the 18th century.
I would love to get the people in this article to join a study a colleague is doing. He gives people mini-recorders and mics, and records them for several hours as they go about their day. People are always shocked to hear how many ungrammatical things they say. And while improper spelling and punctuation can be maddening to many, we've all done it.
And don't get me started on people who badger on about split infinitives and stranded prepositions...
NotAmerican at 12:54PM on 02/09/09
That is why I can't watch Rachel Ray. She talks with bad spelling and terrible punctuation. How many times can you listen to someone call something a "stoop" or a "spoonula" without going completely out of your mind.
Fortunately, in Canada, it's still colour, neighbour, harbour, etc.
Jilly at 2:14PM on 02/09/09
"Probley" aaagh!
kevster at 2:17PM on 02/09/09
@Jilly...don't forget the WORST Rachel-ism.....EVOO--Extra Virgin Olive Oil! BLAHHHH.
sweethunibabi at 6:17PM on 02/09/09
SWEET!! my "pet peeve" finally "has a blog" about it! LOVE IT!
thanks for the link!
bisbee at 6:48PM on 02/09/09
Let them spell how they want!
jeffsayyes at 8:48PM on 02/09/09
This is the sort of nonsense up with which I shall not put.
Chou Peng Qart at 11:29PM on 02/09/09
@chou; The father promises the son a bed-time story. He selects a volume and walks upstairs. The son sees what Dad has selected, and sighs. 'Daddy', he says, 'What did you bring that book I don't want to be read to out of up for?'
NotAmerican at 3:03AM on 02/10/09
I have more of an issue with initials such as KFC etc.,then I do with creative spelling.
dmcavanagh at 6:49PM on 02/11/09