Grammar Nazi
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I showed my son this last summer, and he played it over and over until I thought I would scream!
When I was in journalism school (longer ago than I care to say) we were taught to keep our prose at what was then considered a ninth-grade reading level.
Fast-forward 20 years (or so) and I am retraining as a technical writer -- trying to help "regular" people decipher obtuse, jargon-ridden manuals -- and my instructor says to me:
"Pretend your audience is in the third grade."
Yikes, ladies and gentlemen!
All I can say is "Yikes!"
Not exactly grammar, but funny.
New Brunswick is the only official bilingual province in Canada, though signs all across the country are written in both official languages. So, that this happened where they do speak both languages makes it even funnier
Fredericton road signs seem lost in translation - New Brunswick - CBC News
In English: Caution: Raised Manholes
In French: Attention: Trous d'homme sur éléves
The direct translation suggests that "men's holes are over-elevated."
And google says: "Warning: Manholes over pupils."
New Brunswick is the only official bilingual province in Canada, though signs all across the country are written in both official languages. So, that this happened where they do speak both languages makes it even funnier
Fredericton road signs seem lost in translation - New Brunswick - CBC News
In English: Caution: Raised Manholes
In French: Attention: Trous d'homme sur éléves
The direct translation suggests that "men's holes are over-elevated."
And google says: "Warning: Manholes over pupils."
