What is happening to grammar and spelling these days?
(Notice the card/1 pun in the title.)So I'm getting ready for a small fiesta we're throwing tomorrow, and I stroll on into Pier 1, looking for table runners and such. Little did I know I'd find something much better...
Can you believe it? "No peaking." Let's look up "peak," shall we?
–noun
| 1. | the pointed top of a mountain or ridge. |
| 2. | a mountain with a pointed summit. |
| 3. | the pointed top of anything. |
| 4. | the highest or most important point or level: the peak of her political career. Etc., etc., etc. Clearly someone mistook peak for its homonym brother, "peek." Don't believe me? Let's take a closer look:  |
Sure.
I just saw these cards tonight while last-minute gift shopping, and it practically took my breath away. I mean, really? Peaking? Don't peak? I really wanted to take it up to the desk and yell at someone, but I figured I'd be met with blank stares from some 16-year-old who had no clue what I was talking about, which would have just sent me over the edge. Instead, I called my mom, and we proceeded to have a good laugh/borderline cry about all the morons in the world. Sometimes it's truly a curse to be intelligent. Glad to know there's at least one more person who knows what's up!
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