bad spelling...

[ShreddedOakAviary]

I for one would never purchase an animal from someone who can't spell the animals species....

Examples.

Molacan cokatoo

Scarlot Makaw

Milatary makaw

And what in the world is a guilding horse? Oh... you mean gelding!

Makes my brain hurt...

I was reading a craigslist ad online and he had the above birds for sale.

What makes it worse is he called for medical advice on the moluccans and they desperately need to see a vet, and he said it was too expensive and proceeded to post them for sale.... for (are you sitting down?) $1800
Both of them are bald and a mess, and some poor sap will pay that eventually...

 

[Auggie's Dad]

And what in the world is a guilding horse

Isn't that what King Midas rode?

 

[miss-A]

Want to buy a chiwawa?

 

[Rio Mom]

Or a cocktail? Really, you're selling a drink? Lol

 

[Auggie's Dad]

One of the best lines in all of TV is in this episode:
TVSearch • Watch Mad About You S5E18 - The Cockatoo Online for Free!
at about 16 minutes in.

 

[ShreddedOakAviary]

I can't watch that from my phone.... but I'll be sure to check it out in the morning! Lol

Another couple of pet peve's...

Insure vs. Ensure

I am the daughter of a published writer and poet, he was also a college english professor for a while, and some people think I am just being a snob (I am quite prone to snobbishness when discussing spelling and grammar), but I'm also remarkably forgiving.... my spelling and grammar are often terrible (especially from my phone!), but seriously if someone wants to sell an animal how hard is it to google the word and see if you are at least spelling the species correctly. I am often blown away at the spelling errors encountered on craiglist....

Amozons?

Or my other favorite is the over abundance of "text speak"

GR8.... I can't w8 4 the nxt 1.

UGH!

We are the result of 4 billion years of evolutionary success, perhaps we should act like it!...lol

 

[BirdieNumNum]

LOL I totally agree with everything said!! Once I saw an ad for a "Red-Headed Parrot" (aka an Eclectus). Are you kidding me??!