Like any grammar nazi, I get really annoyed when I see very public spelling errors. I get even more annoyed when those errors were introduced deliberately, by some complete numb-nut, as “corrections”. Here are two that got to me this morning. They’re both quite old, and have each been around for years now, but that doesn’t mean I’ve accepted them yet.<\/p>\n
Australia is going through something of a political crisis at the moment. We’re in the very sad situation where enough voters were sucked in by a campaign of lies and deceit that a bunch of morons were elected and they are now progressively destroying our nation. The other side of politics, however, is the Australian Labor Party. How the hell am I expected to vote for a party that can’t even spell its own party name right?<\/p>\n
And as a Science Fiction fan from my early childhood, I never understood why some dickhead television executive would change the perfectly logical and well-understood SciFi cable channel name to “SyFy”. WTF? What is “siffy”? That means nothing! At least SciFi meant something – we all knew what the channel was for and what programs we could expect from its name. Now? If someone can please explain what a “siffy” is, I’d be most grateful.<\/p>\n
Two dumb changes that need to be corrected and changed back. I could vote for the Australian Labour Party, and I’d look forward to many pleasant hours watching Science Fiction on the SciFi channel. But right now, neither get my vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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