Thanks to all those friends who, instead of posting on this blog, EMAILED us pointing out our deliberate mistakes. You spotted ‘definately’, chaps, but failed to pick up ‘embarassment’. We’re leaving them in. By the way, why not post your thoughts here rather than emailing, which is so last millennium (where’s the dictionary, Pup?).
We have a (very obviously) deliberate mistake on our actual website. It’s there for several reasons – playfulness, wit, marketing. Sometimes, the unsolicited job applicants smugly point it out. Usually, they aren't native English. It’s not enough to know the English language; the cultural nuances need to be understood if you want to work with words for a living ...
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