Recruiting and Category Proposals

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

team farkle 7 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:35:48 GMT

Dáin & Olík:

silverquill:

Well, I could fill a category like this! These things abound in Korea. We call it Konglish. I bet the same is true elsewhere. What about misspelled Czech signs? Or, other languages. Or, what about those whose spelling is always off centre and off colour???

In Czech republic it is called Czenglish :)

misspelled signs: Maybe this category could have native born officers from different countries, to approve different languages - than it is really internatinal category :)).

That is a great idea! Let's face it, none of us are fluent in every language.

I got dibs on Pig Latin!

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Dáin & Olík — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:04:03 GMT

silverquill:

Well, I could fill a category like this! These things abound in Korea. We call it Konglish. I bet the same is true elsewhere. What about misspelled Czech signs? Or, other languages. Or, what about those whose spelling is always off centre and off colour???

In Czech republic it is called Czenglish :)

misspelled signs: Maybe this category could have native born officers from different countries, to approve different languages - than it is really internatinal category :)).

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Redneck Parrotheads — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:43:00 GMT

silverquill:
yramc600:
There's a local gas station here with signs on each pump declaring that "these pumps do not except debit cards" right there by the number pad and the card swipe. The station owners could not figure out why people kept trying to use a debit card and punch a pin number.

I think a grammatical ignorance category could be fun.

Well, I could fill a category like this! These things abound in Korea. We call it Konglish. I bet the same is true elsewhere. What about misspelled Czech signs? Or, other languages. Or, what about those whose spelling is always off centre and off colour???

As I said above, I'd be interested to see examples of this in languages other than English.

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

silverquill — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:59:16 GMT

yramc600:
There's a local gas station here with signs on each pump declaring that "these pumps do not except debit cards" right there by the number pad and the card swipe. The station owners could not figure out why people kept trying to use a debit card and punch a pin number.

I think a grammatical ignorance category could be fun.

Well, I could fill a category like this! These things abound in Korea. We call it Konglish. I bet the same is true elsewhere. What about misspelled Czech signs? Or, other languages. Or, what about those whose spelling is always off centre and off colour???

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Redneck Parrotheads — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:21:43 GMT

Team Sieni:

Could this fall under the new Human Error category also?

No, not at all.

The Human Error category is for construction and engineering failures.

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Team Sieni — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:10:06 GMT

Could this fall under the new Human Error category also?

I've long thought about having a category specifically for signs with misplaced apostrophes. But not all that seriously

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

yramc600 — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:31:21 GMT

There's a local gas station here with signs on each pump declaring that "these pumps do not except debit cards" right there by the number pad and the card swipe. The station owners could not figure out why people kept trying to use a debit card and punch a pin number.

I think a grammatical ignorance category could be fun.

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Redneck Parrotheads — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:17:37 GMT

It was pointed out to me off-forum that there's a perspective to this that sits outside the scope of existing categories, such as the plethora of locations that intentionally misspell on signs. It allows the Oops but also brings in some Grammar Nannyism*. It'd be interesting to see such instances in languages that aren't English. I don't know... the suggestion really took the concept to a different level for me.

* See how I just made up a word?

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Redneck Parrotheads — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:15:42 GMT

Jake39:
Redneck Parrotheads:
What if they don't realise it's a typo? Then the business owner is just excited that their business has so much interest!

That made me LOL hard. I don't know why.

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Jake39 — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:42:36 GMT

Redneck Parrotheads:
What if they don't realise it's a typo? Then the business owner is just excited that their business has so much interest!

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Redneck Parrotheads — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:20:39 GMT

What if they don't realise it's a typo? Then the business owner is just excited that their business has so much interest!

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

JJG10101 — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:05:05 GMT

There's always the possibility the typo could be fixed. I'm guessing a few small-business owners might view people stopping to photograph their sign/typo as a bad thing.

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Redneck Parrotheads — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:04:22 GMT

*nods* Another category handling similiar signs and allowing cross-referencing would cause too many to get the vapors.

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

BruceS — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:12:31 GMT

Redneck Parrotheads:
I'd always understood that category to be for unintentional puns and signs that end up just sounding or looking funny. I'm glad to see that it incorporates quite a bit, including what I've suggested above. Thanks, Bruce!

There is another category just to confuse things for the the unintentional Unintentionally Funny Signs

Re: Category Proposal: Typos

Redneck Parrotheads — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:07:44 GMT

I'd always understood that category to be for unintentional puns and signs that end up just sounding or looking funny. I'm glad to see that it incorporates quite a bit, including what I've suggested above. Thanks, Bruce!