# Spell check, aisle nine.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854 "2013-06-12T23:18:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![birdbrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@birdbrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birdbrain)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/1 "2013-06-12T23:18:14Z")
I saw this T- shirt at Wal Mart today. I wonder how many they’ve sold.😕 Can’t add attachment, here is what it said: Dads know alot Grandpas know everything ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/2 "2013-06-12T23:56:58Z")
Alot, I’d bet. But it’s alright, ma, I’m only dying. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/3 "2013-06-13T00:19:38Z")
Hey, at least they didn’t spell “Dads” and “Grandpas” with apostrophes. And, well, …, oh, what the hell. Here’s that [Hyperbole And A Half](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html) link again. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/4 "2013-06-13T00:20:19Z")
At least the shirt doesn’t say Dad’s know alot… ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/5 "2013-06-13T00:43:53Z")
The shirt should read Spellcheck, isle nein! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/6 "2013-06-13T02:15:52Z")
Alot look a lot like sehlat. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/7 "2013-06-13T07:38:29Z")
I totally bought that shirt for my dad for father’s day. Because it’s only $4.94, and I doubt he will care about the mis-spelling. But it totally made me think of the SDMB 🙂 (and whatever web comic it was that also hates “alot”) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/8 "2013-06-13T11:16:05Z")
Here’s [another](http://www.kulfoto.com/funny-pictures/44531/fail-happy-hippo-rhino-at-walmart) Walmartian T-shirt fail. At least it’s spelled right… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/9 "2013-06-13T14:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > The shirt should read > > Spellcheck, isle nein! Shouldn’t that be “spielcheck”? Damn, I wish they’d get the “quote” problem ironed out. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/10 "2013-06-13T14:37:27Z")
Dads know alot Grandpas know everything Presumably, if we accept this as factual, a dad, but not a grandpa, designed/wrote this t-shirt. (A grandpa would have known to say, “a lot”.) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check-aisle-nine/660854/11 "2013-06-13T14:54:43Z")
“Grandpas” is actually from the French _grand pas_ meaning “large stride”, and therefore by extension “Bigfoot”. Dad might know alot but alots are very afraid of Bigfoot.