Saw this online at my local NPR station’s website. Apparently the apostrophe lost its way and wandered over to the wrong word. The names were blurred to protect the guilty. Also because I’m embarrassed for them.
My mom used to intentionally mangle this phrase for comic effect, calling it “horses’ d’ovaries” and (when we were older) “whore’s d’ovaries” but I never dreamed I’d actually see it in print one day.
A friend bought us this when we moved into our new flat, but unfortunately it now lives in a drawer in the kitchen on account of its errant apostrophe.
Spotted this on a baby “sleep bag” we bought for our daughter from the UK supermarket Tesco. Such a bizarre mistake…
My son went to Mooloolaba (Queensland, Australia) on vacation. He kept this for me, knowing how much I deplore apostrophe abuse.
Hard to miss this one. The errant apostrophe is in the giant lettering and shows up again in the small print underneath. Points for consistency?
Not only did their menu say “BBQ’s”, they also had these signs all over the park!!
My son-in-law bought a new family edition of this game. It includes two sets of questions, one for each age group. However, it seems as if only one kid, and one adult can play. You’d think a big company like Parker Brothers/Hasbro would get it right, wouldn’t you?
We have a new Italian restaurant in our neighbourhood, in Melbourne, Australia. But it seems the brothers have some bother with their apostrophes. This is the first page of the menu.
(If you’re nearby, call in; it’s really good!)
I discovered your site just 24 hours after spotting this howler in London recently
I was listening to a Pandora station – and this misused apostrophe showed up.
