But I’m not carrying anyone’s golf clubs. And I don’t mean to be catty either, but did some writer or editor for Yahoo! Shine actually think this was correct:
Although I’m tagging this error as “Commonly confused words,” this is not an error that most English-speaking writers make. In fact, I’ve never known anyone to confuse caddy with catty. Never.
April 16, 2010 at 6:44 am
Tim Wood, who claims to be an editor for certain books, wrote in the b/r blog
” We assumed it was some kind of blonde versus brunette caddiness, and then we unearthed THIS photo.
Really? a writer? an editor? how embarrassing – this was linked from MSNBC. Can’t they at least make sure the articles they link to have been properly spell-checked.
April 16, 2010 at 7:11 am
Yikes! I don’t understand making this kind of mistake. Just what did the writers think “caddy” meant?