Show us your KARTE PUNCH Mugs and other mis-prints! - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, May 25, 2011 12:00 PM My lil' pet peeve: This misspelling of the plural of "Tiki" is not unique to items from this location, I have seen it used in print all over the place, up to today. It's in the same vein than"it's" being used for "its" Maybe this is a good place to explain MY constant, deliberate "misspelling" of the word with a capital T: While it would be grammatically more correct that when referring to carvings and mugs, they would be spelled "tikis" and "tiki mugs", I decided early on that Tiki looks better than tiki, and that with each printing of the name I would invoke the name of HIM, the demi-god Tiki - since all "tikis" ARE likenesses of that deity, and that's how they came to be named so. So far I have gotten away with it. (edited for Spell Check :lol: ) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-05-25 12:03 ]

My lil' pet peeve:

This misspelling of the plural of "Tiki" is not unique to items from this location, I have seen it used in print all over the place, up to today. It's in the same vein than"it's" being used for "its"

Maybe this is a good place to explain MY constant, deliberate "misspelling" of the word with a capital T:

While it would be grammatically more correct that when referring to carvings and mugs, they would be spelled "tikis" and "tiki mugs", I decided early on that Tiki looks better than tiki, and that with each printing of the name I would invoke the name of HIM, the demi-god Tiki - since all "tikis" ARE likenesses of that deity, and that's how they came to be named so. So far I have gotten away with it.

(edited for Spell Check :lol: )

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-05-25 12:03 ]

Post #590724 by bigbrotiki on Wed, May 25, 2011 12:00 PM