Wednesday, December 2, 2009

I Regresty to Inform You

Melinda sent in an apostrophe catastrophe that she found on Regretsy, which I bet is a goldmine for punctuation errors. The name of the site also makes me think of a woman from the movie theater where I worked in high school who once said, in a thick Boston accent, "I regret winter." Because she apparently created a season? I didn't know that God worked at a second-run cinema in the suburbs!

On to the catastrophe in question.


One more time, everyone, its is already possessive. It's means "it is."

Thanks, Melinda!

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3 comments:

  1. NateDecember 8, 2009 at 11:30 PM

    Nah, Becky, you're out of touch with today's juvenile lingo. Line 1: "Baby's on" is an aggressive posture typical of the Infant Empowerment movement. This phrase could also read "I'm ON, fools!" "Baby" is capitalized, as it's a proper noun (e.g., "Nobody puts Baby in a corner). Line 2: "[I]t's way" -- tersely phrased, no caps, as per txt-speak -- is a declarative phrase, akin to: "It is way cool, brothers and sisters."

    Juxtaposing these phrases with the menacing, disorienting image of bells jingled right in front of your face makes for a hip, visceral assertion of babyhood.

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  2. BeckyDecember 9, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    Wow. Well, you certainly put a lot of thought into this!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 2:22 AM

    And it looks like they threw in a little comic sans font to complete the insanity. And just think how many uneducated people actually bought this.

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