Product typo and mistakes

Carta Bella, ironically, once had Honor Role in a school line. I debated whether to complain or not, but ended up just throwing those stickers out...

Given Hunkydory is a UK company (as indicated on the cover of its Pocket Pads - e.g. Birthdays), Hokey Cokey is not a typo/mistake. It's the term used in the UK for the silly song known in the US as the Hokey Pokey (as chendra stated above). 

Regarding actual typo/mistakes, it's baffling how the designer, Creative Director, print staff, & however many other people internally & externally view the designs before they're actually printed all seemingly miss blantant/glaring errors (e.g. Santa Clause, Thrusday, Honor Role, state names). 

I remember when AC released a set paper and embellishments with days of the week with ‘Thrusday.’ People were all over that on the old board. I think it was a Heidi Swapp collection.

I never knew it was Hokey Cokey in the UK! I’m surprised that we say Hokey Pokey here in Australia, because our spelling and sayings are usually the same as the UK. I’ll have to ask my parents, I bet it was Hokey Cokey here when they were kids.

Kind of off topic, but I am always grateful to digital designers who offer alternate spellings in their kits eg. mum as well as mom, colour as well as color etc.

Love it when I learn something new. Hokey Cokey.

I love reading stamps (or signs) from other countries that make glaring errors. I know that Americans must do it too. So funny to see some sayings on AliExpress stamps that make no sense. For me, it is just good fun unless someone actually gets a tattoo of it!

I am always boggled by the mistakes, too. It is amazing that it gets through so many people without someone correcting it.
I saw one recently but I can't remember what it was. I remember it was on the bottom of a sticker sheet. It will probably come to me later today.




I think it must be frustrating for non-Americans using our scrapbook supplies. I don't know why America spells things differently than everyone else. Probably for the same reason why we don't use the metric system consistently. Darn Americans...

That being said, I got a boy ephemera packet from Australia and had to throw out all of the cricket stuff. I know they have to throw all of our American football stuff away.

I grew up in NZ in the 70s and 80s with either Hokey Cokey or Hokey Pokey. I think it morphed over time with people thinking that it was a mistake, or it might've depended on how recently a family emigrated or maybe regionally.
Stuff like that can be wildly variable. Off topic but I know we had a big discussion on one of Shimelle's live streams about which tune Away in a Manger was sung to (UK tune goes up, US goes down) and there was dissent amongst Australians which might've been regional. 

I work in publications and haven't worked with a proofreader in years. It just isn't in the budget. Fortunately, we do have editors, but it is impossible to spend the time needed with today's shortened deadlines.

So true!

Again, so true! I just checked and it looks like the Adobe products now have spellcheck, but since that feature wasn't available before, designers probably don't have the habit of making use of that tool. And I don't know if spellcheck would catch text that has been converted to outlines in Illustrator.

When products are manufactured in the U.S., I expect them to have the U.S. version of spelling. If they are manufactured in other countries, I expect them to reflect the way words are spelled in that country. It isn't a matter of right or wrong. Different customs, spellings, styles, and cultures are what make the world a more interesting place. There are always work-arounds and other options if a word is spelled differently where a person lives.

Typos and bad grammar on products, on the other hand, are one of my biggest pet peeves. Mistakes happen, but companies need to acknowledge them and make them right. Years ago, when Echo Park was still new, there were 3 spelling/grammar mistakes on one sheet of paper and the coordinating stickers. I emailed them, and Jen Gallacher (a popular scrapbook designer and teacher at the time) replied. She was working for them at the time. She said that there were 3 people who proofed that line, but none of them - including herself - noticed the mistake. She offered me my choice of any of their other collection packs, and told me to keep the collection I had already bought. I wouldn't think that a company could do that every time they made a mistake, but they need to be more careful before they release a line, and make it right for the customer in some way.

Aargh - now I have the Hokey Cokey going around in my head, and I just know it’s going to be there all evening!

LOL!  Maybe they were thinking I before E, except after C!

Except of course for weird, freight, height, eight, their, skein, foreign, etc.

I can only remember the correct spelling because WE are WEIRD.