The Cost of Bad Grammar

You were warned in elementary school, now it's payback time

Although it's hard to come by, finally there is proof poor English skills matter in the real world. MakeUseOf.com, a great site by the way for new online tools, highlighted FatFingers.com, which helps you find misspelled (are two "s"s in "misspelled"? It looks funny...) items on eBay.

The idea behind this is quite cool. Since the products are listed with spelling mistakes only few people are able to find them. Thus the items often close at considerably lower price or no bids at all. FatFingers helps you find such products through its search engine.

MakeUseOf.com also points out two more similar sites: AuctionBloopers and TypoBuddy. Score one for English teachers everywhere.

So Long, Farewell, Auf Deidersehen, Adieu...

How to say "goodbye" in 2,498 lanaguages

The UN says thousands of languages are in various stages of going extinct.
Each point on the map in the represents one of those languages. The mere fact that many langugages exist is amazing in and of itself. I wonder if out there in one of the myriad languages there's a word for crusty buildup of dried ketchup that accumulates around the mouth of a Heinz 57 bottle. Maybe will never know.