Confirmed: Hawkeyes can't spell!

[ornryactor]

Among other online newspapers, I read the Iowa City Press-Citizen, since that's my hometown. Today's front-and-center headline article is shown below.

Growing up there, I am well aware what little concern many Hawk fans have for minutiae such as 'spelling', 'grammar', or 'literacy', but I thought that was why their mascot's name was spelled almost phonetically- so that the unwashed masses could manage to spew it out correctly. Apparently it's too much of a task for even the degree-holding professionals in their graphics department. Perhaps "Herkee" would be more palatable?

At least the article was fairly well-written.

 

[isucyfan]

I get a chuckle out of their Facebook page, the Iowa Hawkeys:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/pages/Iowa-Hawkeys/56517926374?ref=ts

 

[CyDude16]

Dude have you seen woodie or cybobby spell? Come on.

 

[Cybyassociation]

Am I missing something?

House of Herky

A Report Card on UI Athletics

That all looks fine to me

 

[Pseudonym]

Herky is definitely one of the dumbest looking mascots.

 

[clones_jer]

I'm lost as well - Herky is spelled wrong is that what you're trying to say with all those words? how is it supposed to be spelled?

 

[Cybyassociation]

My guess would be that originally it was misspelled but they fixed it so the link he used for the picture changed as well

 

[Broodwich]

I found this far more compelling:

 

[PerkyForHerky]

Among other online newspapers, I read the Iowa City Press-Citizen, since that's my hometown. Today's front-and-center headline article is this:

Growing up there, I am well aware what little concern many Hawk fans have for minutiae such as 'spelling', 'grammar', or 'literacy', but I thought that was why their mascot's name was spelled almost phonetically- so that the unwashed masses could manage to spew it out correctly. Apparently it's too much of a task for even the degree-holding professionals in their graphics department. Perhaps "Herkee" would be more palatable?

At least the article was fairly well-written.

 

[cyclones6785]

The band nerd failed

 

[chadm]

It was originally Herkey, FYI

 

[DJKHawk]

Among other online newspapers, I read the Iowa City Press-Citizen, since that's my hometown. Today's front-and-center headline article is this:

Growing up there, I am well aware what little concern many Hawk fans have for minutiae such as 'spelling', 'grammar', or 'literacy', but I thought that was why their mascot's name was spelled almost phonetically- so that the unwashed masses could manage to spew it out correctly. Apparently it's too much of a task for even the degree-holding professionals in their graphics department. Perhaps "Herkee" would be more palatable?

At least the article was fairly well-written.

Unless you're British, you would do well to place certain commas inside the preceding quotation marks.

Just sayin'.

 

[cyclonedave25]

Dude have you seen woodie or cybobby spell? Come on.

I'm pretty sure woodie had a stroke in the past and only types with 1 hand (he said that in a post awhile ago).

 

[ornryactor]

My guess would be that originally it was misspelled but they fixed it so the link he used for the picture changed as well

Correct. I wasn't sure if that's the way it would work, so here's a screen cap I took as proof.

 

[tube1]

Correct. I wasn't sure if that's the way it would work, so here's a screen cap I took as proof.

You took screen shots as "proof" of a typo? Wow. Not obsessed with the pukeyes at all, huh?

Sorry if you think I spelled "pukeyes" wrong.

 

[AmesHawk]

You took screen shots as "proof" of a typo? Wow. Not obsessed with the pukeyes at all, huh?

Sorry if you think I spelled "pukeyes" wrong.

:biglaugh: