40 Grammatical Typos That Make Us Want To Reach For A Dictionary
By Ragini A
It’s absolutely fascinating and also terrifying that every single interaction that has ever taken place online is still stored away for someone like us or you to stumble upon and laugh at the idiocy of those before you. Whether it’s the name of a place or your own hometown that you’ve butchered, your favorite dish, or even the easiest words to spell, mistakes like these can haunt you for the rest of your life — primarily because people like us exist. Hey, you can’t blame us for wanting to laugh and make you giggle in this bleak world. Some of these errors can actually act as mind activities to make sure your skills are top-notch. Here is a quick rundown of the silliest errors, typos, and grammatical mistakes we found online to laugh at this month.
Easy
They’re only excepting and accepting exact cash or card. Honestly, though, this sign is not too far off if you think about it. That was a test for those of you who read excepting as expecting. Y’all need to grab your reading glasses.
But also, we’re curious now. What exactly is an exact card? We thought all cards were exact, considering we just have to punch in the amount of money we need to pay, and we’re good to go. Or, have we got it all wrong, and this place has it all right?
Dead
This one almost had us choke on from laughter and air at the same darn time. It’s known to humankind for a while now that smoking kills. But this poster of smoking guidelines definitely takes this phrase one step further!
Look, all they are asking from us is that if we want to smoke, we are living, and smoking might change that. Fairly straightforward, but can you imagine this being applied to a public place? People would be questioning everything they know.
Broken
Just like the fragile state of whatever is being displayed in this store, this person’s English also breaks easily. But the message is clear, isn’t it? Keep your kids to yourself, or be prepared to pay for the damages!
This reminds us of Kevin from the show, The Office in that one episode where he refuses to speak words that are unimportant to the actual meaning of the sentence. Direct, crisp, and clear communication is all we need from our local stores!
What?
Before we begin with the mocking, we have to say; this kind of extreme lettering on a perpendicular glass window is so hard to do. The handwriting looks amazing! So do the squiggles inside the ‘O’s. But we’re not sure what’s going on inside!
Are they open and waiting for us? Are they here for us and also open conveniently? Are they, “we’re open for we’re here you,” or are they, “we’re open here for you!” This is honestly so confusing. We may choose not to enter this fine establishment at all!
Chicken
History is lovely to dive into when you’re on the right side of it, and chicken is amazing to eat regardless of how you cook it as long as it has more than just salt and pepper on it. But a roast history chicken? We can’t say we’re familiar with this one.
Never heard of that and don’t want to. It’s a shame that one of the best chicken dishes in history was roasted this way. It’s not even yummy or funny! It just makes us, and all of Walmart, want to cry.
Pulp
We were today years old when we learned that the pad of our fingers is called the pulp, at least according to this poster! Thank goodness we’re not working with these people. What’s next? Toes are chips? We are learning so much here.
We’re so confused by this visual. Whoever made this poster, what exactly were they getting at? Who in this civilized society calls the pads of our fingers pulp? Are we wrong to continue using the word pulp exclusively for fruits?
Glaciers
Oh no, the glaciers are melting, but also, what! For those of you who still haven’t figured out exactly what’s wrong with this comment, let us educate you as gently as possible. It’s supposed to read, “goodness gracious,” not GLACIERS!
For the most part, when we hear glaciers, we think about melting ice caps, and that doesn’t sound great or amazing to us at all! Whatever the post was about, though, we bet it sounded amazing! This comment just adds some humor.
Cats
Apple has officially hired a few cats to be their new engineers, didn’t you know? Well, consider this the official breaking of the news to you! Because obviously, what is screen mirroring? It always has and always will be “meoring.”
But we must say, an amazing attempt to ask a question turned into a joke about cats! We wonder what kind of answers this person received, and we hope some of the Apple cats got back in touch! They’re the experts, of course.
Boneless
Everyone has different preferences when it comes to food, eating, and snacking. We know we do when it comes to our chicken because we can prepare it in so many ways. But if there is one universal rule, it is that boneless chicken wings are always a hit.
But it seems, and sadly so, that this restaurant has not yet heard of the term boneless, and has put their own twist to the amazing mouth-watering food. Introducing the bon-less chicken wings. Here is just another way to cook a chicken!
End
Maybe it is just the Marvel fan in us, but every time we hear or read the word “End,’ it reminds us of “endgame.” Unfortunately, for this person, they were trying to say something completely different. And a good really tried to help them out.
Well, perhaps the fact that amendment does have an ‘end’ in it, but that isn’t all there is to the spelling! We would hope that if you’re taking the time to talk about important matters such as these, you would know this by now.
Right
Yup, boys who kiss your forehead and hands are definitely ‘angles,’ maybe pointy or sometimes right-angled that you should stay as far away from as possible. This is a common mistake people make. But it’s still freaking hilarious if you ask us.
An angel is a divine being, but an angle? Oh, honey, you don’t want to know the several meanings associated with that word. Just go take a nap and go back to 8th-grade geometry. Best of luck, because that stuff is not our expertise!
Consumers
Little Corona’s Cigar Lounge is definitely doing something right, but it definitely doesn’t include their parking posters, that’s for sure. Unless they actually mean ‘costumers,’ then this might be a very different kind of bar – one that we’re not familiar with.
Do you think ‘costumers’ are performers, or did the lounge really mean to print ‘consumers’ or ‘customers’ and got it wrong? We bet the latter, but we would let it slide if you disagreed with us. Anyway, Little Corona can stay away from us, please!
Parachute
Look, we have to admit that English can be tricky to grasp and use confidently when speaking and writing. This includes online too. You never know when a simple, silly mistake of yours can be picked up by people like us and mocked for weeks!
Here is a quick lesson; it is a ‘thing,’ not ‘think.’ ‘Parachute,’ not a ‘parashut,’ and as far as grammar correction for this sentence goes, we would need to charge money or send this person back to school because none of this makes sense.
Mind
Well, a person with a dirty mind can claim to have a mind, but we have no idea whether a dirty mine has a personality of its own, let alone thoughts and consciousness. Sure, thousands of industrialists own dirty mines.
But it seems this commenter knows a lot about dirty mines, and honestly, some of us definitely want to know more. The other half is too tired after a laughing spree. Aren’t all mines dirty if dirt is derived from the earth?
Chaos
Before we get to the answer, can we please address the uniqueness of the question? Honestly, the level of interest and intellect someone needs to have to be brave enough to use google to answer such a question is compelling.
Reddit u/SmugDruggler95
The answer to this weird question is on another level altogether, and if we’re sincere, we are concerned about the emotional health of the person who posted this answer. All things aside, their reply makes enough sense to sound correct.
Suffocating
Okay, to be absolutely fair to this text, ‘suffercading’ sounds painful enough, more than just suffocating. As long as the word has ‘suffer’ in it, it makes sense, right? We think it appropriately covers the meaning, and we don’t need to ask questions.
But, ‘suffercading’ sure sounds like a combination of surfboarding on some high tides in the sea with a cascading effect. We have no idea what that means; we’re trying here. And we’re unsure of whether we want to find out. It sounds terrifying.
Tight
If you’re reading this, we know you have good taste, and if you have good taste, you know that that the ability to walk on a tight rope successfully is tough, scary, and needs courage and gymnastic skills we can’t even dream about.
But if you’re here and don’t know what a tight rope is, you might know what a ‘type rope’ is. Nope? We had to try because it seems like it exists in another reality. The tight rope is what it is called with all seriousness.
Coroner
In case you didn’t know, the Coroner is the official title of an official who investigates sudden and suspicious deaths and crimes. Usually, in collaboration with the police, they work on brutal cases. And a corner? Yeah, that’s one of the right angles of a square or rectangle.
We actually, surprisingly enough, did not know that the corner can be called. Do they actually pick up? Have you tried them before? What kind of cell do they have? Do you think they watch us as we sleep at night?
Honest
Well, honesty has been know to be the best policy for us ever since we were kids. But you know what, this sign at the front desk might have taken it a little too far, don’t you think so? Apart from the vocabulary, there is so much that’s wrong here.
The grammar, lack of punctuation, and the random capitalization of letters; our eyes are hurting and will continue to hurt if this board isn’t taken down from this otherwise fine establishment. It would be hard for people to take them seriously upon seeing this.
Tricky
This one is slightly tricky out of all the signs we’ve seen. If we explore every possible option of what this could be, the sentence isn’t entirely wrong. What if the board is there to attract those who wish to sell their particular phone stores?
The Pikachu drawing on the billboard doesn’t go well with the theme, so we’re forced to assume they mean ‘cell’ phone store. We hope they have a legit business license and cell phone brands. It would be painful to see signs such as “MePhone” and “Nockia” on their signage.
Bagel
Pastrami? Amazing. Lettuce? Healthy! Beagle? We would most definitely pass. Many communities would be open to or absolutely against eating a beagle, but before we move forward, we know you’re confused. If you didn’t get it, keep reading.
It’s a BAGEL. A Beagle is a dog! Do you want to eat a beagle with lettuce and pastrami for $3? If you hesitated to answer, please get help, and maybe stay away from dogs for a bit. You’re a threat to these cuties.
Arrest
We’re going to break this one down for you because there is just so much happening. So apparently, the authorities like to personally message people through private numbers to ask for iTunes gift cards. We definitely wouldn’t trust these people.
This isn’t even the best part. If you don’t comply, they will put you under ‘the rest.’ If we were you, we wouldn’t give the card either. ‘Free rest.’ Can you imagine? In case you didn’t get it, this was supposed to be a threat for being under ‘arrest.’
Oops
To the untrained and lax eye, this will most definitely read as a shady message, or perhaps a call for help by kids who have been taken and kidnapped and are just trying to find help from passers-by in the grocery store.
But if you’ve spent enough time on the web, you know that just about anything can be messed up due to human perception. You might have caught on rather early; the sign is supposed to say, “help us help kids.” Have a heart!
Sun
Variations will never, ever get tiring, and when you design a product, please make sure you remember that. If you forget, chances are we and the rest of the internet will meme the life out of it. This is simple enough to mess up.
Is this ‘Fun the in un” or ‘fun in the un?’ Regardless, what is a ‘un,’ you might be wondering? The pineapple and the generic summer aesthetic pushes us to think the last word was supposed to be sun, but at this point, who even knows?
TT
If you’ve seen the award-winning animated movie, Inside out, you know that Bing Bong was a large and cuddly pink elephant that existed in the memory and thought train of the main character. This is far from Bing Bong, however.
This, in fact, is the sport of table tennis, often called ping pong. No worries, they must have gotten confused with the letter that looks like it’s upside down. But we’ve got to hand it to them. The innocent giggles from those who read this were too cute.
Standards
Their ‘standers’ might be super high, but considering we have no idea what standers are exactly, we’re just going to have to conclude that their English level, at least written English, and qualifications are not too high.
This is the problem with teaching English while saying proudly that we can write language the way it is spoken. That is far from the truth. It should be, but it isn’t! So learn to enunciate and write, or you will never fin what you’re looking for!
Hyper
If levitating was a legit thing, Dua Lipa would have been the queen of the trend. Hyperventilating, though, is a more serious matter. And if you’re breathing super hard because of cereals, we hate to break it to you, but you might be allergic!
But this one has us wondering; can you imagine buying and eating a cereal that is specially made to make you levitate and fly? Or any other superpower you can think of? We would be so confused. We want to transform into the entire avengers’ squad!
Flat
Panoramic, pandemic, and paramedic are words that sound very similar but actually mean extremely different things! But, this is one of those few images on this list that has us worrying about more than just the language skills of this person.
Flat disk? If this commenter genuinely believes that the earth is flat instead of spherical, we have no words! But also, we have to point out, a panoramic of a flat object would be really…bland. Also, dude, NASA photos exist!
Alabama
The Sweet Home Alabama movie is apparently really under-rated and funny, and even though it’s a movie from the early 2000s, it seems people still miss it. But we can’t be 100% sure. With the internet, we can’t be sure of anything anymore.
We’re passing judgments on these photos really easily, but here is us hoping that ‘Olbama’ is not a real thing, person, place, or animal that might be offended if we denied its existence because it’s so far off from the correct spelling of Alabama.
Online
Comments, interactions, replies, and rewards online, especially on social media, can be some of the most mind-boggling, entertaining, and shocking things ever. We have the option of being wholesome, brutal, and much worse. We will leave that to the trolls, though.
Pro tip: if you think this text above is an attempt at flirting, it really isn’t. In fact, if we understand it correctly, it seems kind of mean! One of our favorite things to see is people not knowing how to explain something straightforward online.
Stop
You see what we mean when we say lettering seems easy and only human beings can make a complex language this easy, and at the same time, hard to understand? This notebook is cute, though, not going to lie. However, it could be way cuter if it was grammatically correct.
If you’re someone who struggles to make decisions, this notebook might be made for you; you have a variety of different things to take away from your cover page. Ultimately, just remember, we’re rooting for you to be your own hero every day or something along those lines.
Huh?
We are genuinely so confused here! What in the world is ‘throw grow the mountain?’ Is that a threat, a slang, an injury, some kind of a mythical creature trying to interact with human beings, or a deadly combination of all these?
It seems super mean, but at this point, we’re hoping this person meant ‘off’ the mountain because otherwise, this makes no sense to us, and this feels like watching the movie, Inception without understanding anything unless you read it over and over again.
Audio
Our first reaction to reading this sentence was ‘huh?’ while scratching our heads before realizing that this is possibly an audio-to-text example gone completely, embarrassingly wrong. But how can they not check that before putting it on a sign?
But, in any case, we did remember to bring a pen and paper, did you? We sure do live in a society that has been flooded with new science and technology. The information on this sheet seems accurate if you’re smart enough to figure it out truly!
Anonymously
Just like the names of these otherwise really embarrassing grammatical errors and typos have been blocked out, we think this person meant to announce that the Lotto was allowing winners to claim prizes ‘anonymously’. We’re getting better at figuring these out.
Reddit u/Critical_Cabinet
Apart from the very drastic difference between the words ominous and anonymous, did you spot the second error? Yup! They’ve ended 2021 with a capital ‘i’ instead of a proper one. We can’t call that a typo because those two keys are very far apart.
Constrictor
Regardless of what you’re on, sleep, air, substances, food, or anything at all, if you can’t spell, it might be the perfect sign that you need to stop doing whatever it is you’re doing and maybe go to bed! This person must be tired.
The Boa Constrictor is a snake that most of us can recognize from the very first Harry Potter book and movie, not the second. The snake in the second is just a much bigger monster and problem we don’t need or want to think about — yet.
I can savage
Look, if you are someone who grew up in the wilderness and knew how to “savage,” we recommend that you purchase this t-shirt as soon as possible. Maybe you’re reading this and wondering, “isn’t being savage a vibe now, in 2021?”
Yup, it is a vibe, not something to be taken literally. So please, whatever you do, do not buy this t-shirt. The cubical shape of the lettering plays tricks on our eyes. Instead of, ‘I can and I will,’ we read, “I can savage.” Not cute.
Worthy
We can say with the utmost certainty that this person is not ‘wealthy’ of Thor, Odinson’s hammer. Got it yet? Then you’re not ‘wealthy’ enough to understand our references. Heheh. But also, valid concerns. He is going too far.
The word is ‘worthy’ by the way; ‘cringe-worthy!” Honestly, though, we understand this online user’s frustration. Watching videos of disasters that matter this much can hurt and are very cringe worthy. The passion is felt through his comment.
Chessy
The fact that this is a food-based typo breaks our hearts but also mends it just as quickly, knowing that once we order off of this menu, we’re going to be very happy with the food on our plates. But did you spot the error yet?
If you screamed cheese out of general excitement and love for cheese, and also the fact that it’s misspelled, you’re right! Congratulations, you win the absolute trauma of never getting over how ugly cheese looks spelled without the last ‘e’.
You don’t see anything
Ok, this is not a typo, but we had to through this one in here because it made us fall over from laughing. We have so many questions for the person that put this here in the first place. What exactly was going through their heads?
Were they bored that day? Did this use to be a sign, and now it serves no purpose? This is just going to distract drivers more than it’s going to help them. If it were us, we would take this and hang it straight up in our bedrooms.
Which Way
Here we go again with distracting drivers with stupid signage. We honestly have sat here and stared at the sign for a while, trying to figure out what they were trying to convey. Maybe instead of the second right, they meant to put, “merge?”
Listen, signs on the road are supposed to help drivers, not confuse them. We are sure that this sign caused a few crashes out there by confusing the life out of people. Good thing we take the bus and subway to work so we don’t have to deal with stuff like this.