“Login” is not a verb.

This site graciously explains a grammatical error we commonly encounter nowadays knowingly or not!

Despite what many people –mostly in the computer field– think, “login” is not a verb. It’s simply not. Whether or not “login” is a word at all may spark a debate in some circles, but assuming it is then it may act as many parts of speech, but not as a verb.

I will repeat the important part for clarity: “login” is not a verb. It’s simply not.

This site is dedicated to educating people about the common misuses of words like “login.” It is meant for both non-native speakers who may not know any better, and for native speakers who should know better but don’t. It is in no way a substitute for a real education. Poor grammar is an excellent way to make any presentation sound stupid –or program look sloppy– so if you intend to use this language much then it behooves you to learn it properly.

So please, as we Singaporeans would have it, ‘email to’ all your friends now.

If we only could have a site like the above to cater to each and every one of our grammatical failings!

Engrish - Racist Park in China

I think when people get really really sick, doctors have to really really upsize their medication.

So instead of prescribing tablets, tables are given.

And here’s an adorable picture to illustrate the point.

Cute Baby Nomming The Table

Google walk woman’s legal action – Autocar.co.uk.

I reckon that unfortunately this incredulous incident will hurt google more than it does the lady in the long run.

So much for being the ‘competent adult’…

A woman who was hit by a car after walking on a highway in Los Angeles is suing Google.

Lauren Rosenberg claims she looked up a walking route on Google Maps on her Blackberry on 19 January last year.

The directions she was given included walking on a highway that has no pavement, but instead of seeking an alternate route she walked in the middle of the highway.

She was hit by a car and is suing Google for medical expenses amounting to $100,000 (£68,000), and for punitive damages. Rosenberg is also suing the driver who hit her.

Her court filing claims Rosenberg “was and is a competent adult” and lays full blame on Google and the driver.

Google Maps

Oh my – this is hilarious.

Tom Tom has just released a voice pack featuring Darth Vader and here’s how they made it!

I’m sure they could have turned the hand a different direction or at least attach a bird to the finger…

Up Yours!

Up Yours 2!

Came across this frog-rabbit mutant at Isetan @ Shaw Centre.

I believe this sort of genetic engineering to be rather unfortunate.

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Frog-Rabbit Mutant

The Japanese Government seeks the return of this rare Giant Hello Kitty artifact.

Giant Hello Kitties are known for their unusually silent disposition and their unique ability to consume cookies without a visible facial orifice. Given their Japanese origin, scientists postulate that this feat can only be achieved via teleportation or advanced hologram technology. Many too have hypothesised that these disproportioned felines carry out sophisticated telepathic communication via the pink ribbon on their heads. It has been recently discovered that other colours are not as potent. Furthermore, forcibly removing a Hello Kitty’s ribbon is known to either provoke extreme bouts of depression and tears, or, on the rare occasion, unbridled aggression that has unfortunately claimed the life of the miscreant.

Giant Hello Kitty Head Artifact

Collapse of glucose economy. Shift in balance detected by United Islets of Langerhans. Alpha cell splinter group seizes power. Widespread glycogenolysis – genocide of glycogen. Glucose reserves mobilised. Dictator Glucagon arrested. Peace restored to set point.

I know it’s common practice for Borders to stamp a denigratory label on clearance items that essentially condemns them to unrefundable limbo – a state where owners can’t quite decide between being labelled as cheapskates and returning to the bookstore and hurling the book at the nearest, most unfortunate, cashier.

But when that item happens to be the complete works of Austen the Great Emancipator, one has to wonder how disconnected from a love of all things literary that the poor chap assigned to clearing out the unloved, unsold books must have been. It’s already bad enough leaving a mark of shame on the inside of the tome, but worse, when branded on the outside.

Stamping that nonrefundable tag is akin to marketting castration. Allow me to explain: It takes a certain individual to purchase one of Aunty Austen’s good books, much less a collection of her entire works. It’s sufficiently horrendous that this edition has lost its cover (I would know, as i bought a copy earlier in the year for my sister’s birthday), but this completely ruins any hope of this poor bugger finding it’s way to a comfortable bookshelf. That certain individual that panders to the likes of Austen surely will not see fit to pick such a ruined copy. Besides, it’s only a 50% discount…

Seriously Borders, what were you guys thinking?

This deserves an unreserved FAIL.

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Oxygen, rather than carbon dioxide, is the final proton acceptor. This produces water which is lost as moisture via transpiration.

This is an additional reason as to why i insist that students not copy from the answer key.

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