<p>Well, a lot of people never master the possessive apostrophe. But you’d think someone at Old Navy would have noticed one was missing before coming out with T-shirts that say “Lets Go [College Name]”. To get into Stanford, Duke, or Notre Dame, you’ve got to proofread those essays. Someone couldn’t proofread a T-shirt?</p>
<p>Some times it is intentional to make mistakes on t-shirt so to attract your attention. I have seen Chinese writings on T-shirt that does make any sense at all.</p>
<p>In the US the Chinese writing is probably put on clothing for artistic effect rather than for meaning. I’ve seen the same thing in reverse in Japan - shirts with “English” phrases that make no sense an often have misspellings. When I knew I was really dealing with bogus T-shirts in Japan was when I saw one that said UCLA, but the shirt was in USC’s school colors,</p>
<p>The Lands’ End Men catalog that’s out now has a page of men’s chinos that says “Nothing phases the chino”. It should be fazes. Where are the proofreaders and editors these days?</p>
<p>Patsmom…phases could be correct. Chinos are timeless…the allure doesn’t change from one phase of time to another. Or maybe just a silly play on words.</p>
<p>Dunno…maybe that is too esoteric an interpretation.</p>
<p>We have a tshirt (though I think DS just gave it to a friend who will get better mileage out of it) that says: GEORIGA TECH
Had to read it a few times before seeing the typo, adn then loved the irony, so bought it for the enteratinment value.</p>
My favorite story along that line was about a lady who liked the Chinese writing on a Chinese menu so much that she knitted it into a sweater. She proudly wore it until a Chinese person did a double take when he/she read it. That’s the day she discovered the pretty symbols read “Quick and Cheap”</p>
<p>Always have been a very fast, albeit very inaccurate typist. I double-checked the “Georiga Tech” spelling-- but nothing else. At least I am consistent-- I almost always have typos in my posts :)</p>
<p>I restrain myself from pointing out grammatical and spelling errors in posts, UNLESS they are written by people pointing out another poster’s errors! I have noticed that in almost every case, Spelling Police make mistakes themselves.</p>
<p>True that, Mainelonghorn. Sometimes typos are a riot when they change the meaning of a post. I’ve seen a few classics but can’t remember them offhand. Heck, some could have been mine :)</p>
<p>The “Georiga Tech” shirt still causes everyone in my family to laugh.</p>
<p>I see a big difference though, between spelling errors(especially those that may just be typos) here in this informal chat forum compared to spelling errors one might put on merchandise that one wants to sell.</p>