Showing posts with label travel & tourism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel & tourism. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 April 2016

Saturday, 30 January 2016

Friday, 11 December 2015

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 92

This was submitted by John Holloway, with the caption ‘Horseplay at Skyscanner?’ It is a companion mangle to one featured last year (12 April, 2014). It may be a typographical error; this time there is certainly no possibility of allowing it as an eggcorn:

Link: Skyscanner, ‘Carry on: readers’ opinions on cabin luggage restrictions’
confusion reins

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

You Cannot Be Serious, # 61

A hideous grammatical lapse on a page nonsensically headed ‘Security on Eurostar?’:

Link: Eurostar.com, ‘Security on Eurostar?’
We […] recommend that all valuables and important documentation is kept

Saturday, 3 October 2015

Multimangle, # 27

A nasty misspelling plus a major mismatch in grammatical logic between the question and answer categories:

Source: Eurostar UK journey satisfaction survey
knowledgable + grammatical mismatch between option subjects & answer categories

Friday, 10 October 2014

Monday, 1 July 2013

Not Washed or Cooked, # 41

Thinking of going on holiday? Some days may be more difficult for travel than others, especially on flights from Birmingham Airport: