ungood english

Unconvenience

2009-08-24T14:02:00.001+01:00

First Impressions

2009-04-23T11:27:00.001+01:00

Ungood Job

2009-04-05T22:29:00.002+01:00

Daily Pain

2009-04-04T22:07:00.006+01:00

Not wrong, I know. Just funny.

Ungood Review

2009-01-13T10:58:00.001Z

Oops.

Grave Error #3

2009-01-08T12:23:00.003Z

This from L Wyndham Jolly, who writes: 'I took the photo at the large cemetery in Reading a few summers ago. It's a great place, spooky, massively overgrown (they literally push up the daisies), and haunted by a muntjac deer that leaps out at you. Not something I was expecting, believe me.'

Thanks, L!

Ungood Apples

2009-01-07T12:21:00.000Z

What Do You Get If You Cross A Male Cat With A Small Slender-Bodied Amphibian?

2009-01-06T16:29:00.008Z

Thanks, Pearl!

Ungood Scottish #2

2009-01-05T09:00:00.004Z

Word of God

2008-11-14T12:45:00.003Z

Now of course it is possible that this was deliberate and some pesky so-and so is being a bit clever... but even so, it's still crap enough to warrant inclusion.

(Thanks, Rachel!)

Ungood Health

2008-11-14T12:38:00.004Z

Thanks to Carla, who writes: 'While looking through a patient's chart I ran into this typo.' Apparently it's supposed to say 'disk'. Poor old bugger's in a seriously bad way. As long as someone's getting a smile out of it though, eh?

Thanks, Carla!

Down With High Fulletent Sophisticated Swine

2008-11-13T13:09:00.000Z

(Thanks to Margaret, via here.)

Stolen Ungoods

2008-10-25T17:18:00.007+01:00

I’ve been checking out a few other bad language sites, and I did a little bit of pilfering...

This, from Apostrophe Abuse, is perfect...

This, from The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks, made me smile...

And this, from Apostrophism, is wholly delightful...

Just 10 days to go. How exciting.

Grave Errors

2008-10-25T17:08:00.004+01:00

Charlie writes: ‘I found the first one online but it reminded me of this photo I took on campus at Sunderland University last year. It's a plaque in front of a tree planted in memory of a young girl cut down in her prime. A tree of knowledge. If you will. Tragic.’

Thanks, Charlie.

Screamers!!!!!

2008-10-19T19:07:00.003+01:00

Thanks to Charles, who writes: 'From a pub in shoreditch I think. The repeated exclamation marks, or "screamers" as I like to call them, probably annoy more than the bad grammar.'

Blunts, Yes; Sharps, No

2008-10-14T14:39:00.002+01:00

[I do not care how many people claim that the noun 'sharps' exists. I refute it.]

Fahionably Misspelt

2008-10-13T14:30:00.000+01:00

I'm Despising Everything About It, But Particularly Its Astonishing Level of Influence

2008-10-10T14:00:00.002+01:00

Ungood Scottish

2008-10-09T14:20:00.001+01:00

Persistently Bad Apple

2008-10-07T22:32:00.007+01:00

(Thanks again, Charles! Visit some other websites!)

How To Ruin A Beautiful Web Page

2008-09-27T11:23:00.005+01:00

Best Pencil Case in the World Ever!

2008-09-12T08:32:00.000+01:00

(Thanks, Grazia!)

Bad Apple

2008-09-10T11:07:00.005+01:00

(Thanks, Charles!)

Rogue Apostrophe's

2008-09-07T21:03:00.006+01:00

Do As I Do, Not As I Speaks

2008-09-01T12:00:00.001+01:00

Fortuna Cookie

2008-09-01T00:00:00.001+01:00

Loosing the War on Error

2008-08-31T16:02:00.006+01:00

Other people’s mistakes are funny. Mine are not.

This blog is a place to celebrate the mistakes of others. Specifically, mistakes in language. More specifically, mistakes in English. Most specifically, mistakes in written English.

The pleasure I derive from such errors probably springs from a heady but unhealthy mix of pedantry and schadenfreude, which has me wincing and glorying in equal measure over typos, misspellings, grammatical gaffes and any other lexical cocksoup which comes my way.

For a while now, I’ve wanted a place where I could collect the examples I occasionally happen upon. I know there are other places on the web where similar pursuits are enjoyed – places such as Engrish.com and The Apostrophe Protection Society – but I wanted one of my own. So this is it. I’ll be posting stuff as and when I can, but would obviously be overjoyed to receive any contributions from you. If you have anything you think I and other pedants might enjoy, please send it to me here. Thanks.

Your wonderful.