Spelling mistakes, cliches, terror english, etc

This is not a collection of naughty pictures/posters. But as you can see, spelling mistakes can be quite serious :-) E.g. the angel's herald can beat the Christmas spirit out of any mortal ! But see, even the US people make mistake and English is not our mother tongue :-) We have people saying 'childrens', 'womens', etc. so even in our speech, we misspell. Frankly I was for a long time, confused between 'its' and 'it's'; is it 'priviledge' or 'privilege' because it is 'knowledge' and not 'knowlege'? I was unsure of the spelling of 'which' after having used it for several years. On a different thing........ We seem to have a niche for cliches, but I wonder if that is passe :-) 'On this auspicious occasion... at the very outset' goes the Naga politician. Also if the people from NorthEast India are not careful, we can land up in a position like the guy in the picture. Many of us, like, like, you know, no, no, speak like this, like that, no, no.... At the post match interviews, cricketers love to say, 'incredible, yes absolutely', let's not be harsh on them anyway. Churches are not spared. If you hear a praise and worship leader overuse the word 'awesome', I now know where that came from: Hillsong Music Australia. Let me end here with some terror english. But again let's not be harsh on these people. Some are fabricated. PT teacher in a school:

There is no wind in the football

The girl with the mirror (spectacles) please come here

I talk, he talk, why u middle middle talk

You rotate the ground 4 times

You go and understand the tree

All 3 of you stand in a straight circle

Open the window and let the atmosphere enter in

Sign boards at a road construction site:

Life can take many shocks, but electric shock can take your life

Don’t depended luck, depended safety

Zero accident our goal, safety in total control

Work safely the while, go home with a smile

Don’t take for shortcut

Luck saves ones, safety saves always

Small sector or large sector, safety is the Prime factor

Quality is no accident

Life is rare, live with care

Accident brings tears safety brings cheers

(If you have interesting ones, please share...........................................)

JNU, 2008

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  1. Hey,

    Good one here:) Had a laugh but made me think as well. Hope you can come up with the 'Errors of punctuations' as well. I freak out when I see one :)

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