Typo vigilantes answer to letter of the law

William Salmon william.salmon at YALE.EDU
Sun Sep 21 23:44:36 UTC 2008


> Two zealous spellers banned from national parks after going too far...
>
> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/22/20080822grammarcops0822.html

This reminds me of the 'vigilante gardeners' in Los Angeles who under
cover of darkness clean up blighted and neglected city green space. Or,
the cultural guerillas, the Untergunther, in Paris, who illegally
restore run-down monuments:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/26/france.artnews

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