You Know You’re a Copywriter When…
Posted by Kim Stearns on March 26, 2009
It’s finally time for copywriters to get one of these lists. They are humorous, pointless, and fantastic.
1. Without fail, typos make you giggle.
2. It makes your week to stumble across a humorous burnt out store sign.
3. Jay Leno’s Headlines act as your ab workout for the week.
4. Very public and/or permanent typos don’t receive your sympathy.
5. Engrish.com is your homepage.
6. Incorrect usage of the word “literally” drives you bonkers: If you “literally” exploded, you wouldn’t be able to post about it on your blog.
7. Incorrect usage of quotation marks – and pictures of their usage – make your day just a little brighter.
8. Incorrect usage of “air quotes”: see above
9. Mocking internet speak could be your religion.
10. When people add a syllable to a word creating a brand new word, you don’t congratulate them – you punch them in the face.
11. Unnecessary capitalization both confuses, yet intrigues you. (You wonder, “…why would anyone want to capitalize that word? Is it a name? Is this a clue?! Cue National Treasure.”)
12. When people say “ice tea” instead of “iced tea” you feel the need to correct them while informing them that “ice tea” is a former rap artist now featured on Law and Order; not a refreshing beverage.
13. Highlighting typos in books/magazines/newspapers, and sometimes sending the revised versions back to them, is a hobby of yours.
14. Unintentionally humorous paid ads are shamelessly screen captured and saved to your desktop. What you will do with them? You’ll think of something.
15. The instant Editorial Emergency hits your inbox, you squeal.
16. T9 mistakes: you know what I’m talking about, citag.
17. Double negatives thoroughly confuse you; no matter how long you think about them, you just can’t decipher. Too. Many. Grammatical. Issues. Does. Not. Compute.
Got any more? Share and I’ll add them to the post!
Comments
Posted by Fred on March 26, 2009
They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back it was on the news this mroing a mother in ar who had kill her three kids . they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his chrilden ; i am truley sorry for your lots
Posted by Kim Stearns on March 26, 2009
You know, I’m not going to delete this comment. It’s so weird that it’s almost intriguing!
Posted by Fred on March 26, 2009
The girls called me weird in the meal, and I can not stop thinking about this topic?
Call me crazy all the time. I was sitting and talking with friends, girls and couples next to us, I kept searching. and then one of them looked at me and said, “oh, that girl so weird!”
I called several times and I was mad with him, but after a while starts to really bother me and the type of low self-esteem. I do not know what he did that was so weird. all I know, that really hurts my feelings. I want someone who is emotionally strong. On the outside I did not bother me, but inside, it does. How can we not?
Posted by Kim Stearns on March 27, 2009
Well, hello again, Fred. Glad to see you’re still not making any sense!
Posted by Steve on March 31, 2009
Most of these pictures are quite good but the first one is top quality.