'Grammar Vigilante' Secretly Corrects Bristol Street Signs (irishtimes.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: A self-confessed "grammar vigilante" has been secretly correcting bad punctuation on street signs and shop fronts in Bristol for more than a decade. The anonymous crusader carries out his work in the dead of night using the "Apostrophiser" -- a long-handled tool he created to reach the highest signs. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the BBC that correcting rogue apostrophes is his speciality.

Comments

Re:Bansky?

[arth1]

We need a grammar vigilante to come here and correct the misspelling in your subject.

Grammar this

[earthloop]

I have a friend who has the nickname 'Chip'. I keep suggesting to him that he should open a fish and chip shop and call it.....

Chip's

Re:If he wants to do more grammar vigilantism

[Anonymous Coward]

The Unicoder! We totally need a unicoder!

I suppose that's preferable to the Ebcdicker.

Re:Vigilante?

[Hardhead_7]

Golly, here on the internet, they're called "Grammar Nazis". Maybe people who correct bad grammar aren't so bad after all...

Fun fact: in Germany, they don't call them Grammar Nazis (obviously). Their word basically translates as "comma fuckers," which is way cooler.

Re:Wrong Criminal

[fnj]

People who's job

Bwahahaha!

Re:Bansky?

[garryknight]

You mean Bank'sy, surely.

Re:In my day..

[Applehu Akbar]

"Back in my day, we called them grammar Nazis. It might not be allowed these days though."

The term we use today is alt-grammarians.

Re: Why is this even on Slashdot?

[denzacar]

"A count is also a measure."

Only if accompanied by a unit

Occasionally, a count is a vampire.
And number is how you feel after he sucks the blood out of your body.