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Eagle-eyed motorists spot funny typo on "confusing" new interchange

<p>The new interchange at Rozelle, in Sydney's inner west, has already copped backlash just days after its opening,  because of the confusing signage and changed traffic conditions causing chaos among commuters. </p> <p>Now, motorists have spotted another awkward blunder at the bustling "spaghetti junction", intended to improve traffic. </p> <p>Just metres away from the main intersection along Victoria Road and Darling Street, some poor road worker made the same typo twice, in a left-hand turn lane.</p> <p>Instead of saying  "buses excepted", they painted "buses expected", and now their mistake has gone viral on social media. </p> <p>"If I was a road, I'd expect buses too," one joked.</p> <p>"I get my bus near there and I'm constantly expecting buses that don't show, so seems accurate," another quipped. </p> <p>The interchange itself has been years in the making and opened up on Sunday. </p> <p>It was intended to connect drivers to the M4 and M8 tunnels, the City West Link, the Western Distributor and give access to the Anzac Bridge with a toll-free bypass of Victoria Road. </p> <p>While the aim of it was to improve traffic flow, just four days after its opening locals are still complaining about the chaotic strip, specifically it's poorly designed signage that has reportedly baffled drivers. </p> <p>One of the new signs suggested there was a toll from Iron Cove Bridge to Anzac Bridge, and while it is actually free, commuters are avoiding the tunnel and trying to switch across multiple roads to avoid presumed fee. </p> <p>Earlier this week, NSW Premier Chris Minns said: "Clearly it's confusing, that spaghetti junction is difficult to navigate and a lot of cars' GPS haven't caught up.</p> <p>"We'll change that sign and I understand the Minister for Roads is putting up those portable electronic signs to show people that you can use that road in particular and not pay the toll."</p> <p><em>Images: Twitter/ 9News</em></p>

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Century-old typo at Melbourne train stop finally fixed

<p>One of Melbourne’s oldest public spelling errors will be fixed after almost a century.<br />In 1937, the suburb of "Glen Huntly" was incorrectly written as a one-word sign at the train station and has remained that way ever since.</p> <p>The southeast suburb is finally getting an updated sign, as two level crossing removals are about to take place.</p> <p>“That’s a historical spelling error ... It’s taken us nearly a century to fix that,” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said at a press conference.</p> <p>“But the local historical society and others who have an eye for detail will be very pleased to see us remedying that error.”</p> <p>Glen Huntly was named after a ship that arrived in Port Phillip all the way back in 1940, but there has been confusion surrounding the spelling ever since.</p> <p>Some local businesses in the suburb still have the spelling as 'Glenhuntly' and the name of the railway station has been changed three times.</p> <p>The stop was called ‘Glen Huntly Road’ when it was opened in 1881, before being changed to ‘Glen Huntly’ in 1882 and then ‘Glenhuntly’ in 1937.</p> <p>Andrews unveiled the new train station signage with the correct spelling as works to remove the level crossings and upgrades to the station commence.</p> <p>Those congested level crossings are at Neerim and Glen Huntly roads with expected closures in the area from May 5 until mid-July.</p> <p>Buses will be replacing trains on the Frankston line between Caulfield and Moorabbin during this time.<br />The new, typo-free Glen Huntly train station will open in August 2023.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Facebook</em></p>

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Major cringe: Bride discovers worst possible typo on invitations

<p>A bride-to-be has shared over on social media quite the embarrassing mistake she sent out on wedding invitations to guests.</p> <p>The woman posted a TikTok video showing off the elegant invite, but failed to notice that instead of directing guests to her wedding website to RSVP, she sent them a link to a popular X-rated adult website.</p> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@squidward.tentacles/video/7131461119989894446" data-video-id="7131461119989894446"> <section><a title="@squidward.tentacles" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@squidward.tentacles?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@squidward.tentacles</a> Oops <a title="fyd" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyd?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#fyd</a> <a title="wedding" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wedding?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#wedding</a> <a title="weddingtiktok" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weddingtiktok?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#weddingtiktok</a> <a title="weddingtok" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weddingtok?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#weddingtok</a> <a title="weddingmishaps" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weddingmishaps?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#weddingmishaps</a> <a title="weddinginvitations" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weddinginvitations?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#weddinginvitations</a> <a title="♬ original sound - Squid" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7131461115967556398?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">♬ original sound - Squid</a></section> </blockquote> <p>"So I got my wedding invitations in the mail today. Super exciting," she said in her video.</p> <p>"Except I made a very large mistake that I'm going to share with you guys so other brides don't make this mistake because I'm sure it's super common."</p> <p>She then shows off her "really cute" RSVP card and admits she forgot she put the adult website in as a placeholder and failed to change it to her wedding website.</p> <p>Fellow TikTokers did however find the bride's mistake hilarious.</p> <p>"I think this is hilarious! I checked my invites 1000 times before I finalised because I did the same thing!" someone admitted.</p> <p>"I love this. I’m dying laughing," a third added.</p> <p>"I put the wrong venue address on mine. And didn’t notice until the week before wedding lol FUN!" another claimed.</p> <p>However, others were left confused as to how she allowed it to happen in the first place.</p> <p>Omg. Who spell-checked this? Anyone?" one commented.</p> <p>"Aren’t wedding invitations kinda expensive to not bother proofreading before ordering and mailing out?" another questioned.</p> <p>Some users also criticised the bride, saying the invitation was riddled with spelling mistakes.</p> <p>"Sis. That card needs to run through spell check," a TikToker wrote.</p> <p>"Do you actually think this is a super common mistake? Or are you being sarcastic...?" another questioned.</p> <p>"Please hire someone to do this for you," a third urged.</p> <p><em>Image: TikTok</em></p>

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QEII's Platinum Jubilee memorabilia ruined by major typo

<p>More than 10,000 items of royal memorabilia have been printed with a small, but very costly mistake. </p><p>The cups, mugs and plates were commissioned by a British company to commemorate the Queen's upcoming Platinum Jubilee, but were printed with a glaring typo. </p><p>Below a picture of Her Majesty, the words “To commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II”, were meant to be printed.</p><p>But instead, it read, “To commemorate the Platinum Jubbly of Queen Elizabeth II.”</p><p>The typo is believed to be a result fo a translation error at a Chinese factory where the memorabilia was being manufactured. </p><p>Due to the error, the items commemorating the Queen's 70 year reign were unable to be used for official use, and were bought by a wholesale company in the UK and listed for sale. </p><p>“The manufacturers produced some wonderful souvenir items in an attempt to muscle in on the Queen’s upcoming Platinum Jubilee but were left high and dry when their fulfilment Partner in the UK decided they would not take the souvenir stock due to a translation error,” <a href="https://www.wholesaleclearance.co.uk/queens-platinum-jubliee-jubbly-souvenir-stock-with-slight-typo-mistake.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-type="article-inline">Wholesale Clearance UK</a> said.</p><p>The typo made the hosts of <em>Sunrise</em> laugh at the error on Thursday morning. </p><p>“Love that” Natalie Barr said with a laugh.</p><p>“Does jubbly mean the same in the UK as sort of the slang here in Australia?” Kochie asked, to which Natalie replied she’d never heard of the term.</p><p>Kochie then quickly shut down questioning, denying he knew the definition of the word.</p><p>The UK is set to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June.</p><p><em>Image credits: Wholesale Clearance UK</em></p>

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“I don’t have one of those!”: Kmart slow cooker fine print reveals hilarious X-rated typo

<p>In a world of social media, something that potentially could’ve gone unnoticed can be immediately shared with thousands around the globe.</p> <p>And that is exactly what happened to homewares giant Kmart as an Australian woman discovered an X-rated typo on her slow cooker purchased from the discount department store.</p> <p>The Newcastle shopper shared the mistake in a Facebook group called Kmart Hacks and Décor and asked the members to point out the unfortunate mistake.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsandie.swain%2Fposts%2F10156235421561594&amp;width=500" width="500" height="620" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></p> <p>The woman shared the appliance’s warning instructions that say “c**k only in this container instead of “cook”.</p> <p>The post garnered a large reaction and many members of the group shared their puns.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">"It's a C*ckpot," one person joked. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">"What a c*ck up," another commented. </p> <p>“That is hilarious. Just checked mine, says the same thing too. Can’t wait to give the other half the instructions!!!” the woman said.</p> <p>“Does this mean the meat will fall off the bone(r)?” another joked, adding to the long list of puns.</p> <p>Kmart was quick to address the incident in a statement to <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7335503/Newcastle-mum-shocked-finding-X-rated-typo-slower-cooker.html" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Mail Australia</em></a> saying that they were sorry for the mistake.</p> <p>“We sincerely apologise for this error and the team have ensured this does not occur on future ranges,” the discount department store said. </p>

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Newspaper's awkward Julia Roberts typo goes viral

<p>A local newspaper has had its chance in the spotlight after making an unfortunate typo in the headline of a Julia Roberts story.</p> <p>The <em>Post-Journal</em> of Jamestown, New York, paid tribute to the Hollywood actress and her phenomenal career spanning over 30 years, but while their intentions were pure, the headline was what caught people’s attention the most.</p> <p>It read: “Julia Roberts Finds Life And Her Holes Get Better With Age.”</p> <p>While it meant to say her “Roles Get Better W<span>ith Age”, it was too late to retract the mistake, as the article on the 51-year-old had been published and soon, was in the hands of readers around the city.</span></p> <p>It didn’t take long for the blunder to make its way around the world as users took to Twitter to share photos of the printing error.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Headline of the day <br /><br />Julia Roberts Finds Life And Her Holes Get Better With Age <a href="https://t.co/85oU83ijgi">pic.twitter.com/85oU83ijgi</a></p> — raf taylor (@truthis24fps) <a href="https://twitter.com/truthis24fps/status/1072126786253791232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">10 December 2018</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">I feel this title about Julia Roberts and Holes perhaps needs a little finessing <a href="https://t.co/z2o7EmJKbk">pic.twitter.com/z2o7EmJKbk</a></p> — Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter/status/1072268067181289472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">10 December 2018</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheEllenShow</a> can’t believe this headline in our local paper... Julia Roberts will be glad to know her holes are getting better with age😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/gvZkOsBjyN">pic.twitter.com/gvZkOsBjyN</a></p> — elizabeth (@eadavisus) <a href="https://twitter.com/eadavisus/status/1071797333497647104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">9 December 2018</a></blockquote> <p>In the story, the Oscar winner spoke about her age and how her life experiences reflect the roles she chooses to play.</p> <p>“You know, I’m happy and I have fun at home, so it would take a lot for someone to say: ‘Look, you can play this part where you’re happy and have fun.’ Well, I just do that at home,” she said.</p> <p>Despite starring in mega hit rom-coms in the past, back in October, Julia said she was done playing the damsel in distress as she cannot convince the audience that she’s a naïve character.</p> <p>“There came a point in my career where people thought I had turned on romantic comedies, which I love them, I love to be in them, I love to watch them,” she told <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.etonline.com/" target="_blank"><em>Entertainment Tonight</em></a>.</p> <p>“But sometimes, they just don’t work at a certain point of life experience.”</p>

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The palace bungles Princess Eugenie wedding tweet – can you spot the blunder?

<p>The official Royal Family twitter account was forced to delete one tweet about Princess Eugenie’s upcoming wedding because of a glaring error.</p> <p>The Queen’s granddaughter is set to say “I do” to her fiancé later today in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle – the same location as Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding earlier this year.</p> <p>Although it is the second royal wedding of the year, the error in the tweet led fans to question whether less attention is being given to Eugenie’s nuptials.</p> <p>Can you spot the mistake in this tweet?</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 500px; height: 275.97402597402595px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7821307/2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/a6f0971ae6f14875a778ebcfa720ace4" /></p> <p>The tweet bungled the name of Eugenie’s partner, referring to him as Mr Jacksbrook rather than his correct surname, Mr Brooksbank.</p> <p>The account, which has 3.81 million followers, quickly received backlash for the typo.</p> <p>One person replied: “I believe “Bank Jacksbrook” is his super secret spy name.”</p> <p>Another said: “It’s Jack Brooksbank, or Jacksbrook to his rapper crew.”</p> <p>The tweet stayed on the account for 40 minutes until someone alerted the Royals to the error.</p> <p>The tweet was later reposted with the correct spelling.</p> <p>Eugenie, 28, will have a traditional church service which will be followed by the newlyweds embarking on a carriage ride through the streets of Windsor.</p> <p>Guests will then move to the Queen’s residence for an afternoon reception at Windsor Castle.</p> <p>In the evening, there will be a formal sit-down dinner at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, the residence of her parents Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.</p> <p>The following day, the newlyweds and their friends and family will be enjoying a festival-themed afternoon party.</p> <p>Princess Eugenie first met Jack when she was 20 years old while at a Swiss holiday resort in Verbier.</p> <p>Will you be tuning in to watch Princess Eugenie’s wedding tonight? Let us know in the comments. </p>

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Can you spot the typo on this confusing parking sign?

<p>Australia is notorious for having confusing parking signs lining our busy streets.</p> <p>Now, one Sydneysider has spotted a confusing parking sign that has been made even more complicated by a typo.</p> <p>The parking sign was spotted by Sydney journalist Dean Nye, who came across the detailed instructions in the city’s inner west suburb of Leichhardt.</p> <p>Can you spot the typo?</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">Jesus Sydney take a chill pill <a href="https://t.co/uJwfOhGFZH">pic.twitter.com/uJwfOhGFZH</a></p> — Dean Nye (@Dean_Nye) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dean_Nye/status/1028222616543215616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <p>The photo shows four different parking signs nailed together, creating a very confusing list of rules.</p> <p>On the bottom-left sign, it incorrectly says that two hours of parking is allowed between 9.15 am and 2.45 am on school days. The sign should instead say 2.45pm.</p> <p>Motorists are also told from the signs that five-minute parking is only allowed on school days between peak drop-off and pick-up times, which are from 8 am to 9.15 am and 2.45 pm to 4pm.</p> <p>On school days, drivers can park there for two hours outside of the pick-up and drop-off times.</p> <p>Between Monday and Saturday on days that school isn’t on, drivers are told they can park on the street for two hours between 8 am and 6pm.</p> <p>On the same days, the parking goes up to four hours between 6 pm to 10pm.</p> <p>Finally, the drivers are told that on Sunday, four-hour parking applies from 8 am to 10pm.</p> <p>After the confusing signs were shared to Twitter, users were quick to share their thoughts on the parking rules.</p> <p>“Surely you can take that all in while still driving to avoid stopping in the middle of the road and blocking traffic,” one person said.</p> <p>Another added: “Pretty sure I would have received a ticket by the time I’d finished going though that and working out if I could park or not.”</p> <p>Did you spot the typo on the parking sign? Let us know in the comments below. </p>

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Can you spot the mistakes in this Gloria Jean's menu?

<p><span>A Gloria Jean's store in Wetherill Park, NSW, has received backlash after introducing a menu that was filled with plenty of typos.</span></p> <p><span>The menu offers a full range of beverages and tasty meals, however, you may not have heard of them all.</span></p> <p><span>How many mistakes in this menu can you spot?</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="499" height="375" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7264869/1_499x375.jpg" alt="1 (50)"/><br /></span></p> <p><span>The breakfast menu features “raisen toast”, “muffines” and toast with “penut butter or Natella”.</span></p> <p><span>The favourite chicken and cheese “sandwitches” are available and also “chiken and avocado” on Turkish bread.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="497" height="375" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7264870/2_497x375.jpg" alt="2 (35)"/><br /></span></p> <p><span>Even the front of the menu contained typos with the café’s suburb being misspelt.</span></p> <p><span>Social media users were shocked when the menu was posted online, wondering if the shocking spelling was a marketing ploy as the breakfast section alone had seven mistakes.</span></p> <p><span>When the owner was questioned he blamed the problem on the menu’s printer.</span></p> <p><span>“Ya sorry but printing people did lot mistake I did not pay them for these serious mistakes sorry once again," the response read.  </span></p> <p><span>How many mistakes did you find in the menu? Let us know in the comments below. </span></p>

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