You Know You’re a Copywriter When…

It’s finally time for copywriters to get one of these lists. They are humorous, pointless, and fantastic.

1. Without fail, typos make you giggle.

2. It makes your week to stumble across a humorous burnt out store sign.

3. Jay Leno’s Headlines act as your ab workout for the week.

4. Very public and/or permanent typos don’t receive your sympathy.

5. Engrish.com is your homepage.

6. Incorrect usage of the word “literally” drives you bonkers: If you “literally” exploded, you wouldn’t be able to post about it on your blog.

7. Incorrect usage of quotation marks – and pictures of their usage – make your day just a little brighter.

8. Incorrect usage of “air quotes”: see above

9. Mocking internet speak could be your religion, IMHO.

10. When people add a syllable to a word creating a brand new word, you don’t congratulate them – you punch them in the face.

11. Unnecessary capitalization both confuses, yet intrigues you. (You wonder, “…why would anyone want to capitalize that word? Is it a name? Is this a clue?! Cue National Treasure.”)

12. When people say “ice tea” instead of “iced tea” you feel the need to correct them while informing them that “Ice T” is a former rap artist now featured on Law and Order; not a refreshing beverage.

13. Highlighting typos in books/magazines/newspapers, and sometimes sending the revised versions back to the original authors, is a hobby of yours.

14. Unintentionally humorous paid ads are shamelessly screen captured and saved to your desktop.

15. The instant Editorial Emergency hits your inbox, you squeal.

16. You cringe at T9 mistakes: you know what I’m talking about, citag.

17. Double negatives thoroughly confuse you; no matter how long you think about them, you just can’t decipher. Too. Many. Grammatical. Issues. Does. Not. Compute.

Got any more? Share and I’ll add them to the post!