Right Said Fred
In 1962 comedian Bernard Cribbins recorded a comedy song containing lyrics telling a story about an unknown object, referred to only as “it”. He and “Fred” are trying to move “it” into a room in the house but “it” is …
Category: Funny English
Redundancies
In English, most native speakers use redundancies regularly. This is when a word is added (sometimes for emphasis) but it actually has no meaning because it is a repetition. These, and similar expressions, should be avoided: absolutely sure, brief summary, …
Recent poor English from natives
I know that both British and American speakers of English use sloppy and incorrect language regularly, but here are two examples unique to US English that I have been hearing more and more recently. I wonder if they may become …
Newspaper Typo #10
I can only imagine that it was a telephone interview on an unclear line.
Newspaper Typo #9
“Pork” maybe?
Newspaper Typo #8
Well, this one isn’t from a newspaper, but it was certainly mass-produced. It’s from the Bible. I think the book is old enough for its content to be very familiar, but number 14: “Thou shalt commit …
Newspaper Typo #7
Oh dear, the headline sentence is just thoughtless.