Was having that disclaimer printed cheaper than hiring a proofreader?
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
if you're not responsible, then who is?
Sent by a reader, it seems this famous downtown restaurant needed to excuse their misspelling of the word "which." While the disclaimer only excuses one typographical error, I'm going to have to assume there are more inside the menu.
Was having that disclaimer printed cheaper than hiring a proofreader?
Was having that disclaimer printed cheaper than hiring a proofreader?
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I apologize in advance, but I have to disagree with you on this one.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's "The Pizza Book" that made the typographical error, not the restaurant as you suggest in your commentary. Hence, the need for the disclaimer - when you quote another publication, you are supposed to reproduce the quotation as is. Some people write "sic" in brackets; this restaurant chose to write a disclaimer that implies that the error was not of its own doing, but rather an error that appeared in the original “Pizza Book" review that is quoted on the sign.
You write: "[I]t seems this famous downtown restaurant needed to excuse their misspelling of the word "which." THEIR misspelling? No, you are misinterpreting the facts.
Hmmmm. Interesting. I guess the only way to know would be to a) look up the original review and b) check the remainder of the menu for typographical error(s).
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