Apostrophe catastrophe, # 49

From my inbox. An old favourite (see here and here for earlier examples), but nicely juxtaposed:

kid’s & children’s

Not Washed or Cooked, # 150

The text with this link, found on Facebook a few days ago, mangles the king’s name:

Source: link breadcrumb to The Guardian review

The review’s sub-heading (now) spells the name correctly, but a Google search shows that it was the origin of the misspelling.

Note: if you’re wondering about immersive, read Matt Petronzio’s explanation.

Malcom

Double-take, # 80

New contributor Ryan McCarthy found this in Bristol, in a hotel that remains nameless because ‘It was nice so I don’t mean to damage their reputation!’ Fair enough.

Leaving aside the American spelling (‘It was an American-themed restaurant’), Ryan is pretty sure this is a mangle and I’m pretty sure he’s right:

world of port

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 49

Dr Faustus spotted this in a brochure:

sort after

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 48

This contribution from Dr Faustus fails to distinguish the possessive from the contraction:

Link: Swide | Art Culture | ‘Documentaries that you have to watch in 2014’

it’s for its (x2)

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 135

This has echoes of last Tuesday’s mangle:

Source: correspondence from Customer Services, Sainbury’s

asses for assess

Multimangle, # 5

Another less-than-believable email from my inbox:

companys courier, the delivery of parcel, you address, at 26th June, Print your label and show it in the nearest post office to get a parcel

Multimangle, # 4

Introducing…

Link: Houldsworth Golf Club, homepage

The club also offers a few mangles in its membership package (don’t miss the small print):

Link: Houldsworth Golf Club, homepage

Stockports hidden gem (x2 at least), 18 months membership, tee’s (but greens), propper

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 134

Here’s an example of a writer undermining the seriousness of a situation through lack of care:

Link: The Telegraph, ‘11 miners trapped in small goal mine in Honduras’

It’s now been corrected, but Des Pond of Slough wasn’t the only one to capture it for posterity. A Google search of "goal mine in honduras" finds 120 results that echo the original error, and it’s also enshrined in The Telegraph’s URL, linked above, which includes the story identifer ‘10945255/11-miners-trapped-in-small-gold-mine-in-Honduras.html’.

11 miners trapped in small goal mine in Honduras

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 133

This book returns with a second mangle (the first can be found here):

Source: Women’s Writing of the First World War: An Anthology, ed. by Angela K. Smith (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2000), p. 187

loosing their teeth

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

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 132

Not an illogical error in the context?

Link: The Sunday Times (subscription access only), ‘Dazzlingly trashy Dolly shows us the power of a lost art — charm’

ass we sat