Singular or Plural? # 19

Spotted by Dr Faustus at Locksbridge Park, a new housing development in Andover:

The early bird gets the house they want

Not Washed or Cooked, # 278

Des Pond of Slough was surprised this mangle made it to publication, especially given the size of the lettering and the sparseness of the copy:

Link: Rugby Observer, 10 December, 2015, p. 32

hundereds

Double-take, # 180

This pair of mangles (and some dubious punctuation) comes from an estate agents’ description of a property:

Link: Rightmove, Edward Knight (Elizabeth Way, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire)

is two sheds and a green house; punctuation

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 66

Phil Vivian submitted this, remarking: ‘Thought you might appreciate this mangle, from the cover of a recent Bournemouth Echo property supplement. Not sure that I’d enjoy the neighbours if what is claimed is true.’

envious estate; 1930s character home

Not Washed or Cooked, # 149

Another contextually-pleasing slip, plus a fine example of mangling meaning:

Link: Zoopla property listing 32423624

Good scholl catchment; Call envisage to today

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 43

This estate agency mangle was posted through my letterbox — though not as a mangle!

EPC’s & viewing’s

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 128

From a Coventry estate agent’s window:

Mo Upward Chain

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 41

Not the usual kind of catastrophe today; more of a failure to polish before publication:

Link: Chard Property and Lifestyle, Spring/Summer 2014, p. 12

restaurant from top Indian chef Atul Kochhar’s

Double-take, # 66

The Best Gapp estate agency is marketing a house in London with a very unusual feature:

Link: The Resident, May 2014. See also link: RightMove, ‘3 bedroom mews house for sale’

It doesn’t explain how you’d get the car up there… Ultimately it’s not clear whether the house has a ‘roof terrace garden’ or whether the description should say ‘roof terrace, garage’.

roof terrace garage

Not Washed or Cooked, # 73

There are many further variations on today’s mangle (I haven’t included verb forms, for one matter), but here’s a representative sample.

This is a rather unfortunate juxtaposition on the website of ACODE (the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-Learning):

Link: ACODE, ‘Acomodation ACODE 62’*

The University of Birmingham’s website has a page offering information about an EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) conference:

Link: University of Birmingham, EMBO Conference 2014, ‘The Mighty Daphnia: Past Present and Future’‡

Here’s the BBC, offering helpful information for those attending its 2013 Winter Good Food Show:

Link: BBC Good Food Show Winter, ‘Acommodation’

It’s not just the consonants that cause confusion:

Link: Reed.co.uk, ‘Chef De Partie Luxury Hotel with accommadation’

Link (secure page): Facebook | iQStudents; cf. Google Search ‘iQ Sheffield Student Accommadation’

You’d think an estate agent would have a better grip on the word:

Link: Zoopla via The Telegraph, ‘2 bedroom terraced house for sale’

Finally, a contribution from The Grauniad:

Link: The Guardian | Travel | Brussels

* There’s a different misspelling on the conference’s ‘Getting to Suva’ page.
‡ The title lacks any punctuation on the homepage of the conference and contains only one capital letter.

Not Washed or Cooked, # 42

This event, advertised for September 2011, can still be found on the website Examiner.com:

Link: Examiner.com, ‘First Time Homeburyer’s Workshop’

Maybe the workshop was run by this estate agent:

 Link: Realtor.com | find a REALTOR® | hannibal, mo | linda daniels real estate agent