Let this list serve as an unfortunate reminder that far too many people in this world do not think before they text, post, or send. Whether it's a message to a friend, a social media announcement, or an email to an employer, one would think that every semi-intelligent adult would consider checking their spelling before making their point. However, it seems that we're not dealing with semi-intelligent people here. This compilation of misspellings ranges from someone who posted their “alphet” fro…

Some signs are meant to be read into, dissected, and taken seriously. These signs do not fall into that category. Instead, this collection of photos often captures those strange moments in life when you come across a sign or poster that makes you do a double take. You ask yourself if you read that correctly and then check again for confirmation. It turns out you did read it correctly, which can only mean one of two things. The first is that this was a total mistake on the part of the sorry indi…

No matter how old or young you are, making a spelling mistake has the potential to make you feel like a complete and total buffoon. As someone who writes for a living, I can attest to the fact that I still have that age-old fear of being misunderstood and embarrassed by a grammatical or spelling error. If it happens to you once, you never really forget that feeling. In an ideal world, making these errors should help you think twice before messaging someone or posting something online for the wo…

There is nothing quite like making an embarrassing mistake in writing because whether you like it or not, that mistake now lives forever. Who knows? Perhaps that grammatical error or that unfortunate phrasing will become so iconic that it will be repurposed into a collection of fails like this one. When I think about memorable grammatical errors , I cannot help but bring up my friend's final essay for her History of Popular Music course in college. She was not a music major and merely took the…