Multimangle, # 55

Another unsolicited email, with a rather naive subject line, from the inbox of Dr Faustus:

write you; no for not; 30mins; if you have interest in know what the job entails [omitted articles; comma splices]

Multimangle, # 45

From the inbox of Dr Faustus. It started off quite well, but then went very wrong…

What is your name and contact number? Where do you buy your clothes, please list 5 online and high street stops in orderr of preference?

Other Englishes, # 4

I’m guessing that the writer of this spam email is not a native speaker of English, but I can’t decide quite how this range of mangles, spanning subject line to sign-off, has arisen:

you get new tax refund from GOV, You'are, An payment, King Regards

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 224

Here is another university mangling an announcement for its Teaching Excellence Awards. This one comes via the inbox of Dr Faustus:

lecturers for lectures + syntax

Multimangle, # 33

Received by a surprised Dr Faustus, who barely knows where to start (mangle-wise, that is), but is especially taken by the use of apostrophes, which certainly does ‘look unusual for’ him…

O’k; embroider for embroidery; It may look unusual foryou; I live in a small city. but I would like to see the world; I love to walk around the pair; foto; Now, I’m end

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 4

Today's mangle comes to us from new contributor, Ms Mondegreen:

Link: The Independent, flower for flour

 
There may be a parapraxis (Freudian slip) at work here, since the author is one Daisy Wyatt…

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 3

Let's hope the rest of this:

Link: Amazon.co.uk, Collins Gem French Phrasebook for Kindle

is better proofread than this page:

Link: Amazon.co.uk, Collins Gem French Phrasebook for Kindle, 'Look Inside'

There seems to be no copyright page in the Kindle version, but the information on the Amazon page identifies this as the third edition of 2011. The 'Pronouncing' section is actually what loads when you click on 'Look Inside' (try it via the link above, and wait for a moment or two for it to load the main page and the the 'Look Inside' popup), so someone should have noticed ― and corrected ― it by now. Shame on you, Collins Gem!

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 2

After a couple of months' contemplation, I still can't decide whether this is accidental or deliberate:

Even with the 'well' removed, or allowed through as innocent, the tagline makes little sense…

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 41

The Daily Telegraph webpage shows a different version of this Android posting from Wednesday:

It's not clear whether this is a typographical error or whether the term was unfamiliar to the writer; but the linked blogpost seems (the posted is dated, but not timestamped) to have spelt it correctly from the outset…