National Punctuation Day is in September each year. In 2011, about 150 people joined me to celebrate with cake! Below are punctuation gaffs that were originally (unintentional) parts of others' celebrations. But we’ve recycled the icing here, so enjoy!
Also, check out this year’s Punctuation Day winners below.
Straight from a hilarious website dedicated to “Cake Wrecks,” here’s one contender for my “So much so wrong in so few words” prize. Or maybe this was a Punctuation Day salute to the exclamation point one year?
Aw, shucks. (But how many bosses do you have?) I remember a debate in college about whether, in the age of spell-check, employees need to know proper grammar and punctuation. ‘Nuf said.
Extra punctuation, no extra charge.
And the winner of this year’s prize for “So much so wrong in so few words.” (By the way, this cake reads, “Your thirtee won,”.) Let’s be forgiving and just say it’s phonetic spelling. But what’s with that comma? Maybe the apostrophe slipped . . . and an “e” got moved . . . and …? Congratulations to this cake's decorator for winning the 2011 competition!
For these photos, thanks go to the folks at www.CakeWrecks.com
for sharing the work of what they call cake wreckerators. I bought their book and
perused their website to bring these treats to you today.
(#*! Thanks to those in our Punctuation Day drawing !?#)
I asked celebrants to take a picture of (or write about) a favorite grammar, punctuation or spelling mistake—in print or in icing—and to send them to me (in print, not in icing). We had entries from the far-flung states of Washington State, Florida and North Carolina plus from Minnesota, home of the winner of our drawing. Thanks to all for entering!
One prize choice: Konexi desk-top 3-D word game
Another choice prize: Cake Wreck book of punctuation and other decorating gaffs.
Want more?
Relive Punctuation Day 2010! Click the image to visit our salute from last year.
Thanks for celebrating Punctuation Day with me!
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