Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Morbidly funny typo

Ok, so it's probably wildly insensitive and inappropriate to point this out, but today I noticed a typo that is quite common--and quite funny to me.

I was reading a beautifully written note on facebook about the tragic loss of a someone's dear friend. Unfortunately, the typo made me titter. Yes, I am a terrible person. Anyways, this was it:

"...he was creamated..."

It kind of reminds me of Soilent Green. People are now turned into cream...

So, my anal-retentive inner copyeditor forces me to point this out: the official spelling is "cremated." And just as a side note, Wikipedia mentions that "Contrary to popular belief, the remains are not ashes, but rather bone fragments which are then crushed in a device called a cremulator."

I am sorry if I offended anyone. I mean no disrespect to the dead or grieving. Really. But...people should try to spell it the right way.

3 comments:

Lester said...

Hahahaha, creamated. No, that's funny.

Redsaz said...

Creamation does sound the more pleasant between the two as well.

Anonymous said...

btw - they aren't remains either - the ashes you refer to are 'cremains'. :) Enjoy your blog - thanks for the top ten - already use 9 of them. Ray