# Dear Macy's: It's Kath-A-rine Hepburn . . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 10, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479 "2003-07-10T15:10:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479/1 "2003-07-10T15:10:55Z")

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I’m not putting this in the Pit, as I’m more amused than annoyed . . . I was passing the Macy’s in Herald Square this morning and was pleased to see a bunch of window-display tributes to Katharine Hepburn: mannequins dressed up like her; her photo in the windows; and . . . Her name misspelled, _in every single window._

I just left a message on the phone mail of their window-display dept. If she were alive, Kate would go down there and beat them all roundly about the head with her umbrella.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479/2 "2003-07-10T17:32:33Z")

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Too funny. We named our daughter Kate in part because of her, and really struggled with the Greek “e” vs. Roman “a” spelling since Hepburn used the less-common one. So I tend to notice that discrepency as well…shame on Macy’s.

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479/3 "2003-07-10T19:04:19Z")

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This all goes to show that even the largest of advertising budgets is not proof against stupidity. What pathetic morons. Serves them right for relying upon spellcheck.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479/4 "2003-07-10T19:25:54Z")

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That’s, um, kinda _bad_.

We can only hope that a mistake like this will set a precedent; it probably won’t.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479/5 "2003-07-10T19:31:17Z")

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I’m the last person to want to get a copy editor in touble; but I think when you’re doing a window tribute to someone, you should at least _spell their name right_.

Can’t wait to see their tributes to Gregorie Peck, Buddy Epsom and Buddy Hackitt.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479/6 "2003-07-10T19:33:44Z")

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That’s, ummm, “t **r** ouble,” says the copy editor . . .

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-macys-its-kath-a-rine-hepburn/187479/7 "2003-07-10T19:39:28Z")

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Guardere’s Law strikes again.