Spelling & Grammar Nazis…not necessarily known for compassion and self-restraint. Sure, maybe there is “a time for every matter under heaven” — but maybe this isn’t wasn’t the best time to point out your superior knowledge of homophones?
(Thanks to Robin in Las Vegas for submitting.)
related: “Domestic violence isn’t cool but neither is keeping us all awake.”
111 responses so far ↓
#1
Jonathan
Wonder if that coworker left me some Outback bread in their will?
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:40 pm rating: 12
#2
C
I’m far more offended by the use of Comic Sans than the typo.
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:44 pm rating: 118
#3
Nack
No, I’m sorry. Red lettering doesn’t allow me to get the point, particularly if it’s improperly communicated. She what again? Passed gas? Past the mile-marker?
Poor creature, had no service either. Not so dear…
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:48 pm rating: 7
#4
MizM
May her memry be a blessing and a sourse of comfert to u all.
(hee hee, driving you crazy, isn’t it…)
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:54 pm rating: 27
#5
Anon Man
When I die, I want this to happen, so that someone can write: “you defile his memory with your poor grammar. “
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:55 pm rating: 55
#6
v
“passed away” is a stupid euphemism.
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:56 pm rating: 24
#7
debkatz
So…was it a “co-worker” or “friend” who corrected the note? And if she was “dear”, why no service? These questions and more on a very special “Real Stupid House Wives of Las Vegas”.
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:57 pm rating: 8
#8
xeromage
I find the entire note unnecessary. Terribly un-classy.
Aug 6, 2010 at 6:30 pm rating: 36
#9
Este
The correction, “Passed”, uses an unnecessary capital letter. It’s just replacing one sin with another.
Aug 6, 2010 at 6:40 pm rating: 27
#10
peach
is was this the best time to point out your double negative in the intro?
Aug 6, 2010 at 6:45 pm rating: 8
#11
People Person
…though I appreciate mentioning the exact time of her death so we can have a moment of silence next year.
Aug 6, 2010 at 6:45 pm rating: 26
#12
Janellionaire
“Our dear co-worker,” past/passed, and the whole last sentence is the real tragedy here. How is it that so many people don’t know or care how to use the English language? This is why I encourage reading in my children. 90% of what I know about writing comes from having read so much as a child. If you are always SEEING it done right, you can’t help but have some of it rub off on you.
Aug 6, 2010 at 7:31 pm rating: 11
#13
pylgrim
“Hi. I came back from the grave just to correct the hideous grammar in your note which almost upturned my coffin. Great, now I have a craving for brains. (Don’t worry, you’re safe.)”
Aug 6, 2010 at 8:09 pm rating: 47
#14
much to my chagrin
Reminds me think of The Simpsons episode where Moe is doing something or other and he has the “no funeral” sign on his back. This whole note deserves a sad trombone.
Aug 6, 2010 at 8:13 pm rating: 3
#15
Kay
But where’s the sad face clip art?
Aug 6, 2010 at 8:57 pm rating: 15
#16
Pterosaur
“Old
EllenElaineEvelyn in Accounting snuffed it yesterday. Her friends are too cheap to hold a funeral. Please join me at her desk this afternoon for the ceremonial scavenging of office supplies.”Aug 6, 2010 at 9:15 pm rating: 40
#17
Flaboy2425
It could have been worse. They could have used Curls or Jokester font.
Aug 6, 2010 at 9:27 pm rating: 10
#18
EARL HAMSHER
If ever I am the subject of an incorrectly worded death announcement I would want the correction.
Aug 7, 2010 at 12:31 am rating: 21
#19
spoko
My favorite part of the whole note is the serious passive aggression in the response to the response. It’s almost like they’re blaming the grammar nazi for the dear co-worker’s death.
Aug 7, 2010 at 8:03 am rating: 11
#20
KarenW
I think that the note itself is in far worse taste than the correction that came later. 1. Comic Sans! 2. Colored ink! 3. A grammar mistake that could be caught by a 10 year old! This has to be the most horribly undignified death notice I’ve ever seen. No wonder people felt free to scribble on it.
Aug 7, 2010 at 10:16 am rating: 21
#21
TeacherLady
I used to have a phone number that was one number off from Sunrise Funeral Home. I got many calls and most of the people would accept that they got the wrong number. I always tried to remember that they were bereaved and I tried to treat them with kindness and respect.
I did get a call once that was pretty unbelievable and I behaved somewhat badly.
Caller(C): Is this Sunrise Funeral Home?
Me(M): I’m sorry, you have the wrong number.
C: Are you sure?
M: Yes, this is not Sunrise Funeral Home, their number is 555-5555, you dialed 554-5555.
C: So this isn’t Sunrise Funeral Home.
M: No, it isn’t, you dialed the wrong number.
C: Are you really sure?
M: Let me check the closet for corpses, but I’m fairly sure.
Aug 7, 2010 at 9:32 pm rating: 32
#22
Canthz_B
I’d like a nice funeral…but I’ll haunt the fuck out of anyone who puts together a “Home-Going” for me.
And there will be Hell to pay if I look
updown and even see a set of bagpipes!!Aug 7, 2010 at 11:44 pm rating: 6
#23
lily
Actually, I think it becomes disrespectful to the deceased person to write someone has “past away” (with or without the comic sans!). It looks dumb and frivolous. I can understand why that person made the correction, but in turn, it makes him/her look petty and nitpicky (hence the rebuttal). Of course the best way to handle this would have been to go to the notice writer and point out the error. But then we’d have no passive-aggressive notes!
Aug 9, 2010 at 10:01 am rating: 1
#24
Noelegy
This Grammar and Spelling Nazi would have restrained herself in this particular instance. I am relieved, however, that the sign does not read, “They’re is not going to be a service held.”
Aug 9, 2010 at 10:55 am rating: 1
#25
Jeremy
If I died and my workplace put out a note in comic sans I would come back from the grave just to beat the crap out of the manager who wrote it. Also, the whole “there will not be a service held” seems a bit cold. Almost like “someone here died, and that’s sad, but we still have deadlines people so no mourning.”
Aug 17, 2010 at 5:07 pm rating: 2
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Aug 17, 2010 at 11:14 pm rating: 0
#27
Bren
If I’m correct in assuming this was an office job, check out the time of death. 4.15pm on a Thursday. I don’t think a notice was necessary if half the office witnessed it happening.
Aug 19, 2010 at 7:53 am rating: 3
#28
zacksback
At my funeral, I want lots of Led Zeppelin played. Although ‘Stairway to Heaven’ will probably not be appropriate.
Aug 19, 2010 at 10:24 am rating: 1
#29
Divvitar
Hukt ahn Fawnix stryks agin. Wi hav too jenerashuns ov peepull hoo kant spel.
Aug 19, 2010 at 11:01 am rating: 0
#30
Rebecca Haden
I see your point, of course, but was it really respectful to post a notice like that? I’m with KarenW on this one. The handwritten correction was bad, but replacing this notice with something more tasteful would have been a kindness.
Aug 19, 2010 at 12:46 pm rating: 1
#31
Carrie
Reminds me of the time a student turned in an essay pouring her heart out about her friend’s mother who had recently “pasted away…”
Oh, yes, I did fix that…it’s my job!
Aug 27, 2010 at 10:07 pm rating: 0
#32
Simon
If the deceased was a Grammar-Nazi herself, then it could be a touching gesture.
Sep 8, 2010 at 11:08 pm rating: 3
#33
Lauren-Noelle
Ahh, but you left a fine time for corrections here: “maybe this isn’t wasn’t the best.” <= You see the word that failed to be removed, whichever one it is. (I root for removing "isn't.")
Feb 17, 2011 at 2:37 am rating: 0
#34
ViviWannabe
It’s “a time to every purpose under heaven.” Sorry, but misquoted lyrics are kind of a pet peeve of mine.
Mar 3, 2011 at 8:38 pm rating: 0
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