Being an editor and a general fan of our fine language, nothing pains me more than bad grammar or silly typos. Now I know there are probably a couple on here or in our magazines, but there are thousands upon thousands of words and stuff squirts by. Like the T-shirt says, “Nobody’s Perfick,” but I work in the porn world where good grammar is secondary to god knows what, so like another T-shirt says, “I’m with Stupid!”

Over the years I’ve seen the names of stars misspelled, punctuation missing or misused, words in the wrong context, and more typos than I can even keep track of. Quoting another famous T-shirt, “Shit Happens,” but it still drives me fuckin’ nuts.

I get writers with college degrees misusing they’re, there and their. It’s and its. Where and were. Than and then. I receive press releases with all kinds of errors. We were a sponsor of something recently and the stupid publicist misspelled Genesis. How the hell does that happen?

Spell check makes people lazy, but it also catches stupid typos of just plain, well, uh, stupidity. Just about every computer program where the written word is used has some sort of spell check. Even this blogging program has it. Our graphic layout programs have it. So how can this happen still in this day of modern technology? It does.

A friend in the biz pointed the following example to me in a trailer for Adam & Eve’s new blockbuster, Carolina Jones. Your honor, let me submit Exhibit “A”:

For the spelling challenged, it’s F-U-L-F-I-L-L-E-D.

I know everyone’s makes mistakes. Hey, in my fifth grade spelling bee I was knocked out in the final round by not knowing how to spell arsenal. Being an innocent, peace-lovin’ kid at the time, I thought it had something to do with arson, so I used an “O”, an “E” somewhere instead of the “A”, but come on Mr. and/or Mrs. Quality Control, we’re not in grade school here. You’re not a third-world slave laborer making a buck a day to make sneakers. I’m pretty sure you’re making a decent income to make sure there aren’t fuckin’ typos in movie trailers!

I do admire this company and some of the people who I deal with daily, but how the fuck can this happen? This is their BIG movie of the season. They are releasing it at the same time as new Indiana Jones flick. They’re spending valuable dollars marketing it as such. It’s streaming on its own website, CarolinaJonesXXX.com, on AVN.com, and who knows where else. The star of the movie, contract girl Ava Rose, is a nerd at heart. Even she must be appalled, and from the looks of it, she’s ready to fuck someone up.

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