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  1. One little dot can change meaning. http://ow.ly/CVgn 6:35 AM Nov 19th from HootSuite
  2. Coffee is being so possessive these days. Not to mention fast. http://ow.ly/CVfh 6:55 AM Nov 18th from HootSuite
  3. Maybe all is not lost if college students defend grammar. http://ow.ly/D6d7 11:07 AM Nov 17th from HootSuite
  4. It's nice to change things up a bit at times, but when the things you're changing are letters, it doesn't always work well http://ow.ly/CVeo 7:15 AM Nov 17th from HootSuite
  5. We Don't Need No Stinkin' Verbs: http://ow.ly/CC4F 8:02 AM Nov 16th from HootSuite
  6. Calling all typos! We're looking to add spice and variety to the daily Tortured English offering. Send pics to michelle@torturedenglish.com 7:30 AM Nov 16th from HootSuite
  7. One journalist is (sic) of seeing public displays of grammar abuse. http://ow.ly/BWP7 Someone give him an honorary Tortured English pin. 1:25 PM Nov 13th from HootSuite
  8. @hughesviews I hadn't, but that is great. Ah, the ways people butcher the English language. 12:08 PM Nov 13th from HootSuite in reply to hughesviews
  9. Yes, it is possible to torture French as well. "Eska ya kelkin la kee parl englais?" (An actual note someone sent to a French company.) 12:03 PM Nov 13th from HootSuite
  10. Oh, how nice. That's a lovely tattoo. Wait, what does it say? http://ow.ly/BNNq 8:01 AM Nov 13th from HootSuite
  11. @EditorMark I do have a Canadian dictionary if you'd like to borrow it. 7:12 PM Nov 12th from web in reply to EditorMark
  12. I wonder what would happen if I took to correcting the grammar and spelling of all the trending topics. Could be fun. *insert wicked grin* 7:08 PM Nov 12th from web
  13. @sherrynoik That is fantastic! I should head to the tattoo parlor right now so I can get one just like it. 7:01 PM Nov 12th from web in reply to sherrynoik
  14. #wecoolandallbut can we actually use proper English? Or is that not allowed. 6:58 PM Nov 12th from web
  15. @ottawasteph We're not *that* scary. We just discuss frightening things like misplaced modifiers and punctuation gone AWOL. 6:41 PM Nov 12th from web in reply to ottawasteph
  16. @sherrynoik Thanks! We're all about finding humor in the many ways the English language is tortured—with photographic evidence, of course. 6:39 PM Nov 12th from web in reply to sherrynoik
  17. RT @maureenjohnson: "@aubiscuit Do you think the English language is deteriorating?" lol do u? 12:01 PM Nov 12th from HootSuite
  18. Some may call him a vandal. We call him a hero. http://ow.ly/BFXm 10:31 AM Nov 12th from HootSuite
  19. Now this is a band we could support: !!! http://ow.ly/BFLZ 9:18 AM Nov 12th from HootSuite
  20. Sometimes all these misspellings can make a person wiery: http://ow.ly/Bz4n 7:55 AM Nov 12th from HootSuite
  • Name Tortured English
  • Location America
  • Web http://www.tortur...
  • Bio Finding humor in the many ways the English language is tortured, tormented, and mangled.
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