Newspaper Bloopers

"Newspaper Bloopers"

[Following are some very funny spelling
bloopers caught in local newspapers,
publications and various emails. See if
you can catch the goofs.]

1. "...an autopsy to determine if the elderly
man lost courteousness for medical
reasons." (Trenton, N.J.)

2. "[An NBA coach] will take charge of a young
team still in the throws of a roster overhaul."
(Vernon, Conn.)

3. "'It's pretty exciting,' according to his material
grandmother.

" (Potsdam, N.Y.)

4. "The MCCC fight team won 21 out of 32 awards
and brought home nine metals." Including the
gold? (Trenton, N.J.)

5. "McNabb...exasperated the injury attempting
to chase down Dallas Cowboys safety Roy
Williams." (Trenton, N.J.)

6. "Boxer Pups AKC, 1M, 1F, Bread for Health
and Temperament." (e-mail)

7. "[Paris Hilton] was probably going through
cocaine withdrawls." Is she from the South?
(Sunnyvale, Calif.)

8. "Our lunch menu [includes] a variety of hot
entrees and tempting deserts." Presumably
also hot. (Upper Saint Clair, Pa.)

9. "Vincent was a brawny Swiss ex-patriot."
(San Jose, Calif.)

10. "...those who acquaint shopping with charity."
(Simsbury, Conn.)

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"Newspaper Bloopers Corrections"

1. consciousness

2. throes

3. maternal

4. medals

5. exacerbated

6. bred

7. withdrawals

8. desserts

9. expatriate

10. equate
Received on Thu May 22 07:10:53 2008