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Untell it like it is

Posted by Helen Killer

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Filed in Spelling Issues 82 comments

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May 19, 2010
9:34 am

#1 razberries :

I will love you untell the end of time untell we meet again…gah!
How hard is it to spell?
LOVE that paperclip!

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May 19, 2010
9:37 am

#2 joshpincusiscrying :

Happy Trials to you….

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May 19, 2010
9:38 am

#3 BettyMachete :

Wood ewe by this for 18 bucks?

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May 19, 2010
9:39 am

#4 hamoza :

It’s new friend wood like it hung somewear ware nobodies going to sea it .

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May 19, 2010
9:42 am

#5 cappysue :

my guess is the new friend will want to put it up at the Evelyn Woods academy or maybe the hooked on phonics home office.

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May 19, 2010
9:42 am

#6 mtopia :

Epic foil!

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May 19, 2010
9:42 am

#7 raven :

Says she made it for a good friend who I presume has passed away. I just hope this person did NOT write the friends Obituary!!!

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May 19, 2010
9:43 am

#8 curlytopnola :

i mean, if you’re gonna commit that little nugget to wood – pretty hard, kinda permanent – wouldn’t you at least consult Webster’s Dictionary if you were unsure of spelling? which makes me think this person has gone his/her whole life thinking this is the proper spelling…

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May 19, 2010
9:43 am

#9 Buzzkill To Teenagers :

Clippy! Aaaaugh!

When Clippy starts asking me if he can help me with my craft projects, it’s time to put the crack pipe DOWN!

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May 19, 2010
9:44 am

#10 hamoza :

Wurd up.

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May 19, 2010
9:44 am

#11 Buzzkill To Teenagers :

#7 raven, the friend probably died when they opened the gift wrapping and read the sign.

Remember boys and girls: Misspelling Kills!

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May 19, 2010
9:45 am

#12 steviesegel :

don’t you mean “wood up” — oh wait a minute — never mind.

Clippy FTW

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May 19, 2010
9:47 am

#13 hamoza :

#12 ‘wood up’ -yeah , that usually works for me…..

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May 19, 2010
9:49 am

#14 RuthX :

I might be “it’s new Friend” from pity, but not for $18.

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May 19, 2010
9:50 am

#15 MAG :

Yeah..I think it’s spelled rite!

Untell we meet again.

Translates.

Don’t tell anyone that we’ll meet again.

Better Translation

Don’t tell anyone that we met in high school right before Spelling class and we never went to class ever again!

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May 19, 2010
9:53 am

#16 MAG :

It’s really a shame that this piece is so laughable, because the other pieces on theit site are fantastic.

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May 19, 2010
9:54 am

#17 WANNA POST ALL NIGHT :

this submission is giving me wood

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May 19, 2010
9:55 am

#18 Patty has been abducted by an Alien :

The disabled guy says his router (the tool that does the lettering) has a spell-check on it. But it is really complicated to use.

Step 1: Stop working.
Step 2: Walk 30 feet from the shop to the house.
Step 3: Open door, lean inside.
Step 4: in a raised voice, ask: “Dear! How do you spell [word]?”
Step 5: Wait for response or ask “dear” to write it down.
Step 6: Go back to the shop and complete the project.

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May 19, 2010
9:56 am

#19 Erin :

As horrible as it is, part of me wants it! (Though NEVER for 18 bucks. I’d pay a buck for it, though.)

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May 19, 2010
9:58 am

#20 DTKMKihn.blogspot.com :

Even if you ignore the spelling, the proper grammar is “where its new friend is” Not where it is new friend.

Maybe I should start a shop where for a small fee I will proofread your listing prior to posting.

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May 19, 2010
9:59 am

#21 hamoza :

There are some skills displayed here, unfortunately a stray splinter or two got lodged in a lobe.

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May 19, 2010
10:01 am

#22 thewhiterabbitaz :

I’m not byeing you’re would untell ewe lern two spel.

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May 19, 2010
10:05 am

#23 hamoza :

Alas, it’s a total woodchuck.

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May 19, 2010
10:05 am

#24 beaglemixtape :

Dis iz a prasent 4 u 2 rebmeber mee bi.

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May 19, 2010
10:08 am

#25 ellipser :

Aaaarrgggghhh! Blatant and misquoted rip-off of my favorite Douglas Adams quote too! http://www.etsy.com/listing/39700237/wood-signs-deadlines

Not to mention the likely copyright infringement with the Harley Davidson plaque…

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May 19, 2010
10:10 am

#26 leftfoot :

LOVE the paperclit.

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May 19, 2010
10:14 am

#27 Patty has been abducted by an Alien :

The disabled guy wanted to say he has a quicker way of using spell-check on his router. Sometimes he calls me on his cell and asks me to text the correct spelling to him. That’s right, now you know who this “dear” is that he yells at from the door. *bows*

#20 DTKMKihn.blogspot.com: That’s a great ideal!

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May 19, 2010
10:16 am

#28 Wilma Fingerdoo :

I would like to Untell this poor piece of wood that it was stained, painted, and sanded for no good reason except to be laughed at by every visitor of it’s new Friend’s house.

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May 19, 2010
10:24 am

#29 mamasaid :

Sadly common, still fucking embarrassing.

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May 19, 2010
10:26 am

#30 starrydreams :

You would think someone would have pointed out the obvious to this seller by now. Quality control-absent!!!!

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May 19, 2010
10:31 am

#31 Esmeralda_m :

It’s interesting/ horrific that bad spelling and/or grammar is at least as common as poor crafting.
I think it might be my favorite Regretsy sub-genre.

I would say “How did this happen to us?”, but it’s fairly clear… we’re just fucking stupid.
No wonder the French hate us so much.

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May 19, 2010
10:42 am

#32 IscreamUscream :

A little whiteout mixed with sawdust could fix that…

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May 19, 2010
10:43 am

#33 hamoza :

If only I could untell you much of what I told you last time we met , we might be meeting again….

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May 19, 2010
10:46 am

#34 methuselah :

A wood chip with Untell inside. Now THAT is green technology.

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May 19, 2010
10:58 am

#35 cheeseandchutney :

They also missed the “whooshing” out of the unattributed Doulas Adams quote. Grrr.

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May 19, 2010
11:01 am

#36 IscreamUscream :

“Untell Inside”

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May 19, 2010
11:02 am

#37 3InReverse :

Oh god Helen, that is the best yet!

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May 19, 2010
11:03 am

#38 3InReverse :

You are a FUCKING GENUS!

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May 19, 2010
11:03 am

#39 Efit :

If this sign were made for in the Memory of Friend, why is he selling it on Etsy? Sad sad.

Quote of the Day: “We all have them,Memories.”

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May 19, 2010
11:04 am

#40 Efit :

*made in the Memory*

Jesus H.

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May 19, 2010
11:15 am

#41 knitvincible :

I like the “Wolfs” section of this store!

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May 19, 2010
11:23 am

#42 Street Corner Hooker :

From the shop front:

“cassedywooddesigns.We do carving of of Elk,Bass, Horses, Eagles.Fly fishing, Sail Boats,Shop signs.Picture Frames,Pictures in wood with your photo.Raised lettering on Plaque’s. If you can say it,we will put it to wood.Contact us for custom work.I HAVE JUST DROPPED OUR PRICE’S .”

I think the part of my brain that remembers English mechanics just started violently hemorrhaging. (I did not know how to spell that, so I looked it up!)

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May 19, 2010
11:29 am

#43 Recovering Crack Baby :

Untell we meet again……………. I know the perfect Gossip Whore. I could accidentally leave this on her doorstep as she untells everything.

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May 19, 2010
11:29 am

#44 mnemonides :

He does most of those with a semi-automated router/computer combo. Perhaps they should incorporate spell-check into the program?

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May 19, 2010
11:31 am

#45 geektastic :

#25 ellipser Someone that thinks until is “untell” does not deserve to even try to quote Douglas Adams. They should be subjected to Vogon poetry.

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May 19, 2010
11:31 am

#46 Skully :

At first I thought it said “Montel (Williams) we meet again.”

On a related note, yesterday I saw a truck with a huge window decal reading “SHOW YOU’RE TITS RACING TEAM” and I thought of you guys (because of the grammatical error, not because I want to see your jugs).

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May 19, 2010
11:34 am

#47 geektastic :

#45 Skully, no, no , see it’s a bird racing team. “Show you are tits”. Like this:
http://www.naturfoto-cz.de/photos/birds/great-tit-3066.jpg

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May 19, 2010
11:36 am

#48 Recovering Crack Baby :

Skully. I wanna see your jugs.

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May 19, 2010
11:40 am

#49 Skully :

RCB: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/3028569591_557a9ab715.jpg

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May 19, 2010
11:43 am

#50 bumblepuppy :

@45-Skully,
(because of the grammatical error, not because I want to see your jugs).

Aw, your just saying that. We start hanging out, before you know it, you want to go naked ice skating. Or hang out with the cast of The Facts of Life.

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May 19, 2010
11:57 am

#51 fenrislorsrai :

These didn’t involve a router, but they were done with your tax dollars! You can see them at the route 84 rest stop in Southington, CT
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21881149@N06/2785078365/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21881149@N06/2785078331/

The two signs are across from each other. I suspect they originally matched and someone stole one of them. The new and improved version isn’t really improved much.

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May 19, 2010
11:58 am

#52 spandy :

This seller has a curious carved relief called Winter Lady with her Bunny. The bunny has short ears and a long fluffy tail. Sort of like a squirrel.

Maybe he’s challenged in more ways than spelling.

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May 19, 2010
12:09 pm

#53 Buzzkill To Teenagers :

#51 spandy – maybe the squirrel’s name is “Bunny”.

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May 19, 2010
12:10 pm

#54 spandy :

I’m humming Vera Lynn.
We’ll meet again,
Don’t know where,
Don’t know when,
(and the big finale ~ )
Untell we meet again!

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May 19, 2010
12:15 pm

#55 janncri :

But if I give this to my knew friend, they will no I am stoopid.

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May 19, 2010
12:15 pm

#56 SuperSnark :

Descreetly multi pourpose, can be custom ordered in halk this size too!

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May 19, 2010
12:20 pm

#57 hamoza :

One misspelled sign I might entertain buying if hung in the right spot: Wellcum.

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May 19, 2010
12:31 pm

#58 Jack Frieze :

#37 Novum Gen. et sp., _Snarkus regretsii_ 3InReverse, 2010. Holotype specimen HK-BD-001.

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May 19, 2010
12:33 pm

#59 janncri :

Supersnark, don’t you mean multi-porpoise?

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May 19, 2010
12:47 pm

#60 Lucretia Borgia :

Okaaaaay …. I know almost everyone misses the possessive “its” … I still cringe every time I’m compelled by journlistic fussiness to remove that apostrophe which invaribly creeps in. Heck all other possessives possess that apostrophe. I’ll let it slide. Nobody except me probably noticed it in the face of that “untell”. Now there’s no way even the most generous reader can forgive that egregious error.

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May 19, 2010
12:50 pm

#61 twatsupcock :

I shit you not, I saw a girl the other day that had a tattoo on her arm that said, “Born to Loose.” Untell they have better methods of tattoo removal, I guess she’s kinda stuck!

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May 19, 2010
12:51 pm

#62 IscreamUscream :

Lucretia, you think we’re not hating on this poor seller?
I feel better knowing I don’t have to untell my meanness.

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May 19, 2010
12:54 pm

#63 hamoza :

#60 @ twat-Hmmmm, I’m to dence-should that have been ‘born too loose’ or ‘born to lose?’

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May 19, 2010
12:59 pm

#64 HelenaHandbasket :

That which has been telled, cannot be untelled. And, that which has been misspelled in wood with a router, must be belittled.

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May 19, 2010
1:09 pm

#56 hamoza :
“One misspelled sign I might entertain buying if hung in the right spot: Wellcum.”

Like where, your belt?

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May 19, 2010
1:10 pm

#66 hamoza :

We either untie ourselves from the things we can’t unsee or undo , or knot , lest we be filled with regretsies.

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May 19, 2010
1:11 pm

#67 hamoza :

Suda ,not a bad spot, but I refuse to answer that until I’m sure I won’t want to untell it…

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May 19, 2010
1:15 pm

#68 SuperSnark :

janncri yeah I did I coulden’t remeber houw te spel multi-porpise!

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May 19, 2010
1:25 pm

#69 hamoza :

@suda-if i did hang it on my belt, do you think I’d be thought of as to lose?

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May 19, 2010
1:28 pm

#70 takilasunrise :

Maybe he has an accent…………..

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May 19, 2010
1:40 pm

#71 amber e :

Spandy, with #53 I think you mean:
Wheel meat again,
Don’t no wear
Don’t no win–
Untell we meat again!

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May 19, 2010
1:41 pm

#72 Skully :

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae338/grinreaper1965/Regretsy/Aaron_Neville_forehead_mark_goiter_.jpg

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May 19, 2010
1:46 pm

#73 IscreamUscream :

I thought of adding a sequined glove to the “mittens” painting, but it’s just too disturbing

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May 19, 2010
1:46 pm

#74 IscreamUscream :

wrong thread–oops!

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May 19, 2010
3:44 pm

#75 Splatchtrock :

#60 – twatsupcock. You see, that could be a subtle (if indelible) remark on how Born to Lose that girl is. She has decided to let anyone who sees her for the rest of her life know she is a loser, and then she’s gone and screwed even that up. I’d like to see if, after a few years of no-one getting the joke, she gets an addendum ‘I know it’s spelt wrong. It was deliberate, you cocks.’

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May 19, 2010
5:00 pm

#76 HermesGoddess :

OMG the paperclip is SHEER GENIUS!

I’m not even going to touch the whole Michael Jackson thing…unlike a lot of unfortunate little boys.

Oops, I said that out loud. Dammit.

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May 19, 2010
6:23 pm

#77 banished :

Gasp!
what’s up with people who, make wooden signs these days? is speeling that hard? not to mention punctuation! {witch i personally pride myself on.}

“hey banished you spelled whimsical wrong on your signs”

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May 19, 2010
8:08 pm

#78 spandy :

Untell it on the mountain.

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May 19, 2010
9:18 pm

#79 Recovering Crack Baby :

#49 Skully : They look so well loved and charming. If only I could hold one and have a swig of that sweet nectar inside the jugs, from their heads.

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May 20, 2010
2:47 pm

#80 twatsupcock :

#63 helenahandbasket, it’s supposed to be “barn to luze!” I think. . . Well shet.

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May 20, 2010
2:49 pm

#81 twatsupcock :

#75 splatchtrock. . . PRICELESS!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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May 21, 2010
12:36 am

#82 vergeofsomething :

Hope this person didn’t carve the headstone.

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