Double-take, # 33

High praise indeed:

Link: The Times (subscription access only), ‘Troubleshooter’ reader’s comment

Double-take, # 27

There seems to be something important missing from this subheading:

Link (subscription access only): The Times, Troubleshooter (24 July, 2010), ‘Tax on draughty’

Not Washed or Cooked, # 53

The Guardian’s Consumer Champions are mangling again, this time with a placename that is much in the news at present:

Link: Guardian | Consumer Champions, ‘Gilbralta’ (and Aims Review address)

Puny Puns and Weedy Witticisms, # 1

The Guardian's Consumer Champions generally stick to plain headlines, but occasionally attempt wit. They like this pun so much they used it twice in the space of three months in 2010. It seems not to have appeared since, so they may have realized that it's fairly meaningless, and thus not amusing, in both contexts:

Link: Guardian, Consumer Champions, 'cheque in'

Link: Guardian, Consumer Champions, 'cheque out'

Not Washed or Cooked, # 29

The main issue here is the hideous typographical error:

Link: The Guardian, Consumer Champions, 'backlooged'

However, I'm not entirely convinced by the phrasing of the statement: 'your mother should have been refunded'…

Not Washed or Cooked, # 28

As you might have realized from a manglepost last week, I've recently discovered the Guardian's Consumer Champions section, which is filling me with horror at the pitfalls of ever doing anything or buying anything or hiring anything or going anywhere at all, never mind ever dealing with any kind of financial institution. This is all in addition to giving me the odd wince, and occasional hysterics, at the spelling, grammatical and typographical errors.

So a short series from Consumer Champions starts today with Best in Class:

Link: The Guardian, Consumer Champions, 'backlooged'

I can't imagine why the offending word has been placed in quotation marks: it's spelt correctly both times it appears in the body of the piece.* The spirit of the Grauniad lives on!

* Perhaps the Consumer Champions use Blogger, whose spell-checker has failed to flag 'backlooger', although it has now identified 'Blogger' as problematic!

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 6

The last time this mangle came up, it was a gym; this time it's the Guardian's Consumer Champions (and it won't be the last time they feature here):

Link: The Guardian, bought for brought