Archive for the ‘Spelling’ Category

HKMA – Upcoming Progrmames

Oops! Someone at the Hong Kong Management Association will be kicking themselves for this blooper.
Apparently, the Professional Institute of Management and Education have problems with their grammar, spelling and style.

Grammar: Learning How to Taste & Discovering Bordeaux Wine
Jargon: Intensive ENS Program
Inconsistencies: Programme/Program, Middlesex University, UK/University of Huddersfield.

Maid in China

A UK supermarket, Morrisons, has been forced to withdraw a toy designed to help toddlers learn to read because some of the words were misspelled. The alphabet building blocks included a picture of an umbrella captioned ‘Umberlla’ and a boat beside the word ‘Yatch’. And instead of the usual X-ray or xylophone, the letter x [...]