# Text read wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-read-wrong/651665 "2013-02-28T20:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-read-wrong/651665/21 "2013-03-05T22:14:18Z")
> [@joemama24\_98](#): > > I read “Relaxation Room”. I was counting my blessings that we have such a progressive company and let myself in and dozed off in the nice comfy chair. I woke up to an angry looking woman who asked me why I was in the Lactation Room. I really hope she was amused when you explained it to her. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-read-wrong/651665/22 "2013-03-05T22:18:42Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > So I was in this dollar store, once, and there was one of those little island kiosks, and I swear to god it was just boxes and boxes of ‘‘FANCY-ASS COOKIES.’’ I was all, _whaaaat?_ > > Then I moved closer and saw the sign was blocking the full title - Fancy Assorted Cookies. HAHAHAHA I can’t breathe! Ha that one is good! 😃 ETA, upon recovery: aaah, thanks, that was my laugh of the day! ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-read-wrong/651665/23 "2013-03-05T22:57:47Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > So I was in this dollar store, once, and there was one of those little island kiosks, and I swear to god it was just boxes and boxes of ‘‘FANCY-ASS COOKIES.’’ I was all, _whaaaat?_ > > Then I moved closer and saw the sign was blocking the full title - Fancy Assorted Cookies. I think I’d like to try some fancy-ass cookies! Mine was ever so confusing for a new reader just learning the wonders of the school library. The word “illustrated” completely dumbfounded me. It was usually on the cover of a book, in a sans-serif typeface, capitalized. To me, the word began with 3 "i"s and was unpronounceable. Illustrated. See? The serif makes ALL the difference. :o Similar to the pen island url, I used to work in airline reservations where in our computer system everything was capitalized and the only punctuation available was a period. Group bookings had the name of group mooshed together followed by “GRP.” Imagine my surprise to come across the Friendly Hill Sex Change Group. FRIENDLYHILLSEXCHANGEGRP. Yeah. Try "Friendly Hills Exchange Group. :o ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-read-wrong/651665/24 "2013-03-07T21:28:33Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I think I now understand some of how John Lennon got his _In His Own Write/A Spaniard in the Works_ writing style. On that note: I’m a big Beatles fan, and I’ve long known that “spanner” is Brit-speak for what I would call a wrench, but it took me several years to realize that “A Spaniard in the Works” was a play on words based on the apparently common British phrase “a spanner in the works.” I guess there was something about the double-jump required (both the wordplay of Spaniard/spanner AND the inclusion of the British version of a familiar phrase) that I just never caught on. I was slightly stunned that it took me so long to understand it. “In His Own Write” was a little easier, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-read-wrong/651665/25 "2013-03-07T21:58:09Z")
> [@SpeedwayRyan](#): > > On that note: I’m a big Beatles fan, and I’ve long known that “spanner” is Brit-speak for what I would call a wrench, but it took me several years to realize that “A Spaniard in the Works” was a play on words based on the apparently common British phrase “a spanner in the works.” Same with me… I think the [cover photo](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://th08.deviantart.net/fs11/PRE/i/2008/093/5/2/a_spaniard_in_the_works_by_rosemaryjayne.jpg&imgrefurl=http://rosemaryjayne.deviantart.com/art/a-spaniard-in-the-works-54197549&h=1016&w=787&sz=124&tbnid=jggsawlgD9-l3M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=71&zoom=1&usg=__oYoox4ZMcwBWi2kEeviBsltdH1c=&docid=r20IlPUMTQMe9M&sa=X&ei=Sg05UenjFcGZ0QH-zYGwAw&ved=0CDIQ9QEwAA&dur=720) helped, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-read-wrong/651665.md?page=1)