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Girl Catches Disney’s Grammar Error
A smarty pants Texas 4th-grader on a trip to Florida’s Walt Disney World refused to let the happiest place on earth perpetuate the indignity of bad grammar.
While waiting in line for the Primeval Whirl, in the theme park’s Animal Kingdom, Hannah Estes spotted a sign that grated on her last nerve. After shaking it off, she took a picture with her pink princess phone (of course!).
Back at home, she fired off the photo and a message to company headquarters.
The offending sign, which counted down the wait time for the ride, read “one seconds.”
She told WESH-TV in Orlando, Fla.:
“Because I learned in Ms. Bennett’s class that a singular number can’t be with a plural word, and so that’s what it was, and it wasn’t right,” Hannah said.
Disney officials responded to Hannah Estes with a letter that assured her the sign would be fixed.
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Don't Just Eat Veggies, Pile Them On | Strollerderby commented on May 09 10 at 9:56 pmNicole commented on May 06 10 at 3:27 pmA girl after my own heart…
Ron commented on May 06 10 at 6:14 pmThough a small error on Disney’s part, good for her. Maybe the new generation can straighten out our mess. It’s rare to read three articles online or in newspapers without finding grammatical errors. Spelling’s a problem also. Budget cuts and time are blamed but I believe it’s apathy.
Ms Holler should be commended too. “A smarty pants Texas 4th-grader on a trip to Florida’s Walt Disney World refused to let the happiest place on earth perpetuate the indignity of bad grammar”.”A smarty pants Texas 4th-grader”? That, & the rest of her article’s “tone”is sure to inspire the FOURTH grader to continue using what she’s learned. I, at least hope it does.
Save the vitriolic sarcasm for us adults please. Heaven forbid we encourage our children to practice literacy.
Have a magical day.
TeaorCoffee commented on May 07 10 at 2:40 pmWay To Go Girl !! You do what those 6 figure exec’s didn’t. There is HOPE for this next generation. Now for the Mouse– a paper certificate..PPPLEASE. I think you should run and tuck your tail. Didn’t your Mommy Mouse teach you a little more gratitude than this? I think you can fork over a little more than a CERTIFICATE to this cute little girl- after all, looks at the millions of $$$ buckaroos she is saving you in advertising this week alone !!??
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