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This floors me for several reasons:

• This is a professionally prepared one-sheet for a high-profile television series.
• As such, this had to have gone through several rounds of review from several different people. Hell, I’m a design peon in comparison with someone who works for CBS and everything I do goes through at least four levels of review!
• There are several far more difficult-to-spell names on this one-sheet, and they are all spelled correctly (Helgenberger, Szmanda, Guilfoyle, even Jorja!).
• The character of Sara Sidle has existed for 12 years now. You’d think that would be enough time for the spelling of the character’s name to soak in, right (especially considering the fact that almost every episode, she can be seen wearing a vest with her surname stitched in white CAPITAL LETTERS)?

This isn’t the first time I’ve dinged CBS and its affiliates for poorly edited CSI materials. And, to be honest, this is nothing in comparison with that book and all its editorial SNAFUs. Still…

I know, I’m just being nitpicky because this happens to be my favorite character, but I’m also nitpicky because, dammit, take some pride in what you do, people! Especially when millions of people are going to be seeing it. My stuff is only seen by a fraction of the people who see stuff related to CSI and I’d be mortified if a mistake this glaring went out on something I’d done. Hell, I even go back and edit posts if I catch a mistake later on. Yes, it’s that bad, denizens. It’s that bad.

And yet another tip of the paw to Jorja Fox: Online for giving me something to howl about on a shiny, happy Monday morning.

This is just embarrassing. Georgetown University is supposedly one of the top universities in the D.C. area. It’s a highly respected institution.

More importantly, it’s an institution of higher education. As such, they are rightfully held to higher standards when it comes to things like…oh, I don’t know…spelling their own name correctly?

I know, I know: It’s just a case of simple transposition. Still, how are we to take this school seriously when they can’t even get something as straight-forward as a copy editing assignment correct? Especially on something as high profile as the cover of their commencement program!

Thanks to DCist.com for making my morning with this find.

This is a common enough mistake everywhere, I’m sure, but it’s particularly jarring in this context. For the record, whenever referring to the building where capital-level legislating takes place, it’s always “capitol” with an “O.” This is true whether it’s a national or state-level capitol (although it’s capitalized when referring to the nation’s Capitol).

The city wherein these capitol buildings reside and these capital ideas transpire is the “capital” with an “A.”

Confused? Don’t be. Just remember that the building is the capitol. The city is the capital.

Why is this matchbox even more jarring for its grammatical faux pas? It’s a D.C.-based restaurant advertising one of its locations near Capitol Hill. Seriously, of all the places where you kinda sorta want to make sure you get this right, Capitol Hill is definitely at the top of the list. We’re called wonks for a reason…

To the writer of this Media Bistro photo caption: Tri, Tri again. Do it for Admiral Lord Nelson. He did, after all, die at the Battle of Trafalgar. The least we Yanks can do is spell his Square properly.

This was the sticker from a watermelon we bought last week. Personally, I love soodless watermelons.

Deep in my heart, I want to believe that the person who wrote this announcement was trying to be punny. The overall editorial fustercluckery of this entire message, however, does not allow me to embrace this belief convincingly.

I tried to find the ingredients for this recipe, but all I could find were lemnos. No ornages in sight.

I came home to find this postcard stuck in between our door knob and jamb: