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Katielady
Wednesday, Sep 1st 2004, 03:39 PM
worst flier grammar mistake ever.

unless they really did mean to say, "Who Is America."

:sick:
silente
Wednesday, Sep 1st 2004, 03:44 PM
worst flier grammar mistake ever.

unless they really did mean to say, "Who Is America."

:sick:


Been driving me crazy all week.

Cool flier design, other than that.
ManWhore
Wednesday, Sep 1st 2004, 03:49 PM
geeks :p
mrbmc
Wednesday, Sep 1st 2004, 10:52 PM
Not so bad if they were talking about the Who - as in Pete Townsend and Roger Daltry's seminal rock group.

just trying...
worst flier grammar mistake ever.

unless they really did mean to say, "Who Is America."

:sick:
BigRoach
Thursday, Sep 2nd 2004, 06:45 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've been meaning to post about this all week! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
jungleprincess
Friday, Sep 3rd 2004, 11:47 PM
Katie,

It is not a flier mistake. URB Magazine, Definitive Jux and System recordings put out a CD entitled "Who's America?" - and yes, the spelling is intentional. It is meant to serve as a double-entendre; it is both "who is america" as well as "whose america".

Did you go to the event? It sold out, and Aesop Rock, El-P, Mr. Lif and The Perceptionists killed it. Shame the crowd thinned out when the dance music came on... guess we've still got a ways to go to get the same appreciation.

Anyways, the CD is cool and all the proceeds go to Music for America and The League of Pissed Off Voters. Should be out now.
Katielady
Sunday, Sep 5th 2004, 05:59 PM
Katie,

It is not a flier mistake. URB Magazine, Definitive Jux and System recordings put out a CD entitled "Who's America?" - and yes, the spelling is intentional. It is meant to serve as a double-entendre; it is both "who is america" as well as "whose america".


"Who's" is not a double-entendre for "whose." Intentional or not, I say yuck.

glad the party was good, though. no I didn't go. i can't support that kind of reckless bad grammar.
jungleprincess
Sunday, Sep 5th 2004, 11:49 PM
"Who's" is not a double-entendre for "whose." Intentional or not, I say yuck.

glad the party was good, though. no I didn't go. i can't support that kind of reckless bad grammar.
If they had written "whose", there never would have been any connotation of "who's". I'm not saying it didn't visually irritate me, but it makes sense.