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Category Archives: Grammar Nazi
Lyk dat?
I was on the bus home yesternight and I saw this poster (I apologize for the flare on Rosie’s face): “A Happy Journey Starts Like That“ Seriously? Shouldn’t it be “like this”? As in, a happy journey starts this way as opposed to that way? I don’t know. Like That sure sounds less acceptable to [...]
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Baaaad English
I won’t use this product, not after reading the really odd English on it: “Scientific mechanism that blocks the basic factor which causes the color penetration and dark spots and clarifies the skin to its original white and transparent skin.” Seriously? Color penetration, like penile penetration, perhaps? And what’s with the unnecessary determiner the? And [...]
Ronda-what?
A new shop at Far East Plaza. HORRIBLE NAME. What is rondavous anyway? A bad case of rendezvous? KL said maybe they are intentionally misspelling it to tell people the correct pronunciation. Nah-ah. If it’s rondayvoo I can understand. But this is … plain wrong. How am I even supposed to pronounce it, ron-dah-voh-uus? ron-da-vahs [...]
I wanna good eating
Saw this sticker on a slice of watermelon at the supermarket, thought it was hilarious. RIPE – FOR GOOD EATING. As opposed to bad eating? And mind you, this was spotted at COLD STORAGE (one of the priciest supermarkets in Singapore) at CLUNY COURT off Bukit Timah, one of the priciest estates in Singapore. On [...]
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