Mis-spellings, Tradjic Tattoos & Where Text Messaging Is Leading Us

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The Worst Restoom Ever

In mid 2010 I acquired this web property (part of a 2 for $5 deal!), not quite knowing what I would do with it. It was ostensibly created as gallery for the most disgusting toilets that the original owner had found but the url was for "the worst restoom ever".

N.B.: the photo to your left was the original worst restoom ever.

Is it really that bad?

Anyway, that got me to thinking, not just about what a restoom was or could be but about the careless and ignorant spellings that surround us and as a societal development, where will texting leave us as it replaces coherent writing as our main means of non-verbal communication.

This lens is presently "under construction? and should be finished by the end of October 2010. Please do not judge it by its present state.

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Webster's Pocket Bad Speller's Dictionary

The 2nd Edition

With almost 2 million copies of the original Bad Speller's Dictionary sold, the problem only seems to be getting worse. The 2nd edition adds
thousands of current words from business, computers, entertainment, medicine, psychology, religion, science, and law.

Random House Webster's Pocket Bad Speller's Dictionary: Second Edition (Pocket Reference Guides)

Amazon Price: $2.42 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

"I have been tutoring / teaching English at a college for nearly 30 years and whenever I introduce this book to a student, he or she is very enthusiastic about it! This book can be very helpful. " Amazon customer Kenneth P. Cash

"I dint no I kneaded this book until I cont find sum words in my online dictionary. Spell chick was know youth cause it dint no homonyms. Know I spill good whiff this little book." Top 1000 Amazon reviewer name"Amazon quote" Amazon customer Robert Carlberg

The Tattoo Bad Spelling Ad: Time For A Swift Exit.

for Suzuki Swift (U.K.)

I love this English commercial, which depicts a tattooist who doesn't get his spelling right - on the wrong person!
Time for a Swift Exit?
by TheSuzukiAds | video info

11 ratings | 13,923 views
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Rather Pathetic Tattoos

o.k., I'll admit it, some of the tats are a bit funny

2005: Dr. Blasphemy

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2005: This Woman's Work

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My

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Calculator tattoo

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html tattoo

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A Selection Of Awful & Tasteless Tattoos

BAD AND UGLY TATTOOS
by AllorNothingTattoo | video info

15 ratings | 16,365 views
curated content from YouTube

A Selection Of Strange Tattoos

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NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary

for texting and internet speak

"A comprehensive A-Z of every kind of Internet gibberish you are ever likely to encounter."
The Readers Digest


"NetLingo's guide to jargon, acronyms and silly smileys is super."
People Magazine


"Amazon quote"
"A living dictionary devoted to the often cryptic and comedic vocabulary of the Internet, which is evolving at record speed."
PC Magazine

NetLingo: The List: The Largest List of Text and Chat Acronymns

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"NetLingo has become a wonderful resource for me in understanding what my 'web guys' are talking about. I am somewhat computer savvy, but...it is nice to finally have a reference besides my 14 year old nephew." Amazon customer Brenton C. Lively

"The Netlingo dictionary gives me an enormous assortment of Internet, computing, telecom, and networking terms for reference. The definitions are written in a laid-back, conversational tone. It's as readable and friendly as you can get in this technical area, but it doesn't get condescending or cutesy" Amazon customer Avid Surfer But Still Learning

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Texting for a Healthy Baby: Nearly 300K Women Receive Free Health Texts
Here's how it works: You can register for the service online, here, or sign up with your mobile phone by texting the word BABY (or BEBE for Spanish texts) to the number 511411. You'll be asked for your baby's due date or birthday.
Oxford bans texting while driving
?We've had numerous wrecks over the past several years with people texting while driving,? Partridge said. ?If we're able to save one teenager's life or one adult's life with this, it's worth it.? Partridge noted that the purpose of the ordinance was ...
Cracking down on texting drivers
Just-released state statistics show Erie County issued 662 texting tickets between July 12 and Feb. 7, leading not only counties across upstate but the densely populated counties of Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island and the Bronx.
Letter: Texting can wait until car is stopped
I read with interest your editorial on texting while driving ("Drivers need to drive, not send text messages"), and on behalf of the employees at AT&T in Tennessee, we completely agree. Texting and driving can be fatal. Texting takes your eyes off the ...

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