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Not a fail! “Canceled” is a perfectly legitimate way to spell it.
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Fail or not, I’m tempted to say it’s fake. The two C’s and two E’s look exactly the same.
“canceled” is THE correct way to spell it in america. plus this is 100% photoshopped. the guy on the ladder doesn’t even look real, plus he’s too big, plus i don’t think they climb up there with an 8′ ladder.
Plus the angle of the ladder is such that he should be falling backwards.
It’s not a fake, as in “It’s Photoshopped”. But that is a mannequin, not a real person. This billboard is an advertising gimmick (notice no paint bucket). The art director/copy writer chose an alternative spelling.
Go to http://sandrarose.com/2008/10/14/janet-jackson-tour-canceled/
Click on the photo to enlarge it. On the far left, there is a real person and notice the scale difference between him and the “painter”.
Also notice the real person has been half Photoshopped over himself in black (???)
Amazing.
Quick! Somebody photoshop a poop joke into this so it will be an appropriate English Fail Blog fail.
I’d rather see a wardrobe malfunction on the guy in the pic. Someone should photoshop that, and make it something really ridiculous and disproportionate.
I’m missing the English Fail – “canceled” is the American-English version, sadly enough, and is acceptable to use. Unless the fail is the use of “witchu” in the tour name underneath?
Dude, a retraction is CLEARLY in order here. “Canceled” is not only an acceptable way to spell it, it is the PREFERRED way to spell it. This info comes from someone who makes a living proofreading, and who is also married to an English teacher.
Please fix this ASAP. Don’t let the English Fail Blog FAIL.
You must be new here.
Not the preferred way for me.
I prefer two l’s.
Preferred for you, maybe.
Like I said, not a fail, though.
PS: Nobody cares if you proofread crap.
& Half my English teachers were terrible, anyway.
Only way I can think of for that to be a ‘fail’ is if you mess up and change your spellcheck setting from EN-US to EN-UK somehow.
Strange that. I usually consider having my spell-check accidentally set to “English (U.S.)” to be the mess up. ^_^
I think whoever runs this site has FAILed.
It’s good to think, but not so good if the thinking is mistaken. Usually a case of thinking too much or not thinking enough.
This time it’s.. Ah, but it’s best not explained. I’ll let you think about it for yourself.
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So is “cancelled” just another way of spelling it? It looks more right to me, but spellcheck never likes it, and “canceled” seems to be the preferred American spelling. (If so, I’m adding it to spellcheck and using the double L!)
In some cases, I prefer UK English spelling rules, as in “grey” over “gray”.
Agreed. Grey and colour are much nicer!
I used to keep the z’s, though.
Now I’ve finally adapted to using the s’s.
ie: realised.
The way I see it – If Janet Jackson is canceled, then that’s a WIN!!!
“Canceled”is also the correct version, according to AP style, I believe.
FWIW, i can confirm that “canceled” is indeed AP style.
that’s straight from the 2008 book, but using 1 l for most forms — other than cancellation — has been AP style for as long as i can remember.
so, do we keep running with the US vs. UK angle, or should we start on academics vs. journalists?
Thanks for the vindication. Of course, a simple trip to m-w.com would resolve the question as well. Also, not that I feel that MS is gospel, but Word always flags “cancelled” as a misspelling too.
With regard to the comment that I “must be new here:” yes, that’s correct. Are you saying that this site doesn’t really follow proper English, and sooner or later I’ll figure that out, or perhaps do you have another point to make?
I’m from the U.S. and have always spelled ‘cancelled’ with two l’s. It looks wrong otherwise. One l looks… like it lacks a letter. I just checked Word (for the ll) and it doesn’t say it is spelled wrong or anything. Same for one l.
I don’t know. It’s a fail to me just because I think 2 l’s are needed. BUT I’m just a single person.
Oh, and the grey/gray argument, I like grEy better, too! Not sure why. Just because!
Yeah, that’s exactly what I said!
Well, I’ve just lost faith in this site. It would be nice if the site owner at least explained how he felt this was a “fail,” the explanation might clear things up. If it’s for the word in red, then indeed this site has failed.
Who cares how you spell it? “Canceled” or “Cancelled”, it doesn’t matter, it just depends on what side of the Atlantic you live on. Jesus Christ, you people are picky bitches.
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