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To think Asda need a kick up the arse for this?

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Caribou58 · 12/06/2018 09:49

Seen in a number of branches this week...

To think Asda need a kick up the arse for this?
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PickwickThePlockingDodo · 12/06/2018 13:53

so I could hear him going "Argh! Rogue apostrophe!"

Ha, that's my kind of kid Grin

Caribou58 · 12/06/2018 13:57

Schmoochypoos

There is a clothes shop near me that sells Lady’s clothing

There used to be one near me that sold Ladie's clothes...I wish I'd kept the photo I took and sent to my friends. (Goes off to look for it)

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Caribou58 · 12/06/2018 14:04

And here it is:

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Birdsgottafly · 12/06/2018 14:33

SeriousSimon "as in ‘do you fancy pizzas for tea?
Why would you pluralise pizza though?!?
Isn't it like pasta? Paella? Lasagne? Sheep?"

No, more than one Pizza is Pizzas, my DD works in Pizza Hut (all Students) and they have had long discussions about this. Which has included taking Polls.

Some people order in a few Pizzas and then share them. So they don't have a Pizza, they have slices of Pizzas.

If you cooked more than one Lasagna, so a meat and veg options and had a serving from more than one. Then you would have lasagnas. Likewise Paellas.

doesmyheadin · 12/06/2018 14:49

I found this beaut the other day 😩

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doesmyheadin · 12/06/2018 14:50

And this...
I’m not sure card making is the best occupation for her?

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RomeoBunny · 12/06/2018 14:56

@doesmyheadin well to be fair the farters day card is still accurate to a number of households 😁

KittyHawke80 · 12/06/2018 15:06

I belonged to some ‘frugal living’ group or another, in which was posted an image of a t-shirt with, if memory serves, the slogan ‘My unicorn don’t like your unicorn’: “Perfect for your little princess!” 🤢 I pointed out the problem with that, and was (uncharacteristically) not particularly smartarsed about it. I was, er, not thanked. If you think people wouldn’t be moved to send me PMs telling me I was ‘a fucking snob’ and ‘so far up my own arse’ etc etc, you’d be quite mistaken. Dicks.

Errrmmm · 13/06/2018 10:37

Also in Asda... I didn't know unicorns were dinosaurs.
Also disagree with 'girls running the world' as they'd be a big fuss made if they did a 'boys run the world' tshirt.

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Errrmmm · 13/06/2018 10:52

Ive just noticed I'd wrote 'they'd' Blush on this post of all posts! Grin
In my defence, I wrote a different sentence then changed it.

WeeDangerousSpike · 13/06/2018 11:05

I used to drive past a car dealership that sold
Car's
Van's
4x4's

I drove past some time later and the sign now says
Car s
Van s
4x4 s

Still looks weird!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/06/2018 11:55

Re 'My unicorn don't like your unicorn' and
Congratulations your engaged' - and their comments, IMO the thing is that people who blithely make these mistakes obviously can't see anything wrong so have no idea of how they make other people wince. So from their POV, what's the big deal?

I had a writer friend whose novel was accepted at the same time as mine. She had the ideas, but her grammar and spelling were appalling - basic mistakes on just about every other line.

The freelance copy editor who had to sort it out told the chief ed. that she'd want double pay for any more by that author. As a consequence, friend was told to have any future novel professionally copy-edited before submitting it.

I did try to help her. She wasn't actually dyslexic or lacking in intelligence - it was mostly the endless confusion of its/it's, who's/whose, your/you're, lose/loose, there/their/they're, etc. But I think she had a mental block about it. Although I told her these things were very simple if explained properly, as I was quite prepared to do, she'd made up her mind that it was all too difficult, it was beyond her, so she wasn't even going to try.

Papergirl1968 · 13/06/2018 11:59

I don’t know how to link but this thread has turned up in the Daily Mail, lol.

PickwickThePlockingDodo · 13/06/2018 13:46

Daily fail link

Someone has put in the comments 'As if anyone on Mumsnet could spot a grammatical error.' Shock Rude

likeacrow · 13/06/2018 13:48

Argh!! YANBU. Misused apostrophes drive me up the wall!

likeacrow · 13/06/2018 13:54

chitofftheshovel
You'd be surprised at the number of people working in schools who don't how to use an apostrophe correctly. I'm a supply primary school teacher and see basic grammar mistakes in school newsletters, classroom displays and even in marking far too frequently. It's shocking.

WaitingForSunday17 · 13/06/2018 13:59

Asda once had a star cushion for Mother’s Day on it that said ‘Mum your a star.’
It’s painful.

Gretyl · 14/06/2018 06:49

Dad's what?... Testicles?

StealthPolarBear · 14/06/2018 06:53

Agree with felix it could be right, the top one shows ownership of the t shirt and the bottom one is an instruction

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 14/06/2018 14:54

I’d agree felix and stealth, If it weren’t to the fact that the sentence written on the t shirt is an example of the very popular ‘group or type do it silly pun related to the group or type’ trope.

StealthPolarBear · 14/06/2018 16:11

Oh I'm sure you're all right. Just trying to excuse it :o

Nanny0gg · 14/06/2018 16:26

I once messaged Lakeland (who I’d expect to know better) about the difference between Less and Fewer as they’d used the wrong word on their website. Polite acknowledgement. It was still wrong last time I looked.

MrsEricBana · 14/06/2018 23:29

PolkadotsAndMoonbeans
In a very naice farm shop near us they sell those huge cloud meringues in different pastel shades. Dd always hankers after one. I pointed out that they are basically just a huge blob of sugar and that the brand name makes my teeth itch. They're called M.e.r.a.n.g.z. She said "Oh God, I can't even look at them now!" 😂 That's my girl!

MrsEricBana · 14/06/2018 23:30

Ooh yes, less v fewer, grrr. Has anyone mentioned "myself" yet? 😁

likeacrow · 16/06/2018 07:02

Just received this email from Asda. "Price's"
They do love a rogue apostrophe!

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