Mangling English: an occasional rant

Businesses that don't bother checking their websites, journalists who write gibberish and balderdash, professionals who can't take the extra time and effort to spell-check and proofread, newspapers that turn tragedy into farce through solecisms, plus the odd guide to solving common grammatical difficulties… Contributions and suggestions welcome. (… Also corrections if required, obviously!) Send to: manglingenglishATgmxDOTcom, stating your nom de mangle (if desired).

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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 196

Krissie Pearse has submitted this rather pleasing mangle:

Link: Digital Journal, ‘Pollution from mine worse than previously estimated: EPA’

emails for miles

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Mangling Meaning, # 20

Day 3 of things that don’t really say what they mean, or perhaps don’t mean what they say, brings a sign on display at the Caludon Centre at University Hospital, Coventry:

The contributor, Krissie Pearse, comments: ‘The other adult entrance hasn’t been here as long.’

I’ve been looking at it on and off for a few days now, and I still can’t imagine the situation, or subsequent conversation,* that resulted in the sign being requisitioned…

* Though I think one of the participating voices must have belonged to Bob Newhart.