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June 18, 2007 12:03 AM
Broken: Eyemask at Bed Bath & Beyond
I found this at Bed Bath and Beyond: a "Need Caffiene" eyemask.
First of all, if I'm trying to sleep, why would I want caffeine?However, maybe some caffeine (note: e before i) would help the copy editor run a spell check before the product is manufactured!
The first time the text is likely to be read is by the wearer's significant other at the first light of the day. The slogan and the timing of its appearance are therefore appropriate and amusing.
You still have a misspelling, but that alone shouldn't qualify something as "broken".
@TIBE4ME:
Its 'I before E, except after C...
and when we feel like pissing you off with some other weird exception.'
The correct spelling is even an exception to the complete rhyme I learned in school:
"I before E,
except after C
and when sounded like A
as in 'Neighbor' and 'Weigh'"
That REALLY doesn't make any sense, and the misspelling should be in-axcusble! (misspelled for lack of not knowing how to spell it!)
When the rule says "I before E except after C," it means "right" after C, as in "receipt," "deceive," etc. I don't know why that never made it into the rule, except that the extra syllable would screw up the meter. :)
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Probably some bad Chinese translation or something.
FIRST!
Posted by: redbull47 at June 18, 2007 08:34 AM