So there's a book fair going on at my kids' school. The theme is "Reading Roadtrip," which is kind of cool, I think. The woman who set it up has done a fabulous job, including arranging for a volunteer to make decorations for the hallway walls.
The volunteer painstakingly cut out large colored pieces of paper in the shapes of various states and labeled them appropriately. Well, mostly appropriately. The piece of paper in the shape of the northern portion of Michigan is right above the library door, and it's labeled, "UPPER PENNISULA."
I don't know whether to be dismayed at the spelling error or relieved that she didn't leave out the second N altogether.
Spelling errors, especially in school stuff, drive me nuts. Almost as bad as grammatical errors in a newspaper.
Posted by: Headless Mom | April 23, 2008 at 08:33 PM
Wow, that is unfortunate.
Posted by: julie | April 24, 2008 at 03:11 PM
Now, I have to admit, asked on the spot, I probably would get it wrong. It's no defense, but googling both spellings with Michigan yielded credible-looking hits, though Google tactfully asks "did you mean peninsula"?
Maybe she's from my home island. We call little peninsulas "necks".
Posted by: Hoo | April 24, 2008 at 04:52 PM
Oh just invite her over for a Beenus Butter sanwij and discuss spelling. Oh that's right you don't serve that anymore because your daughter is severlly allgergic.
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Hi Becki,
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Posted by: Emily | April 25, 2008 at 03:55 PM