This morning I was reading the Chicago Tribune and noticed not one, but two pretty obvious spelling errors on the front page.  The first one, shown below, is a headline with the word “artic” instead of “arctic.”  Come on, people.  (Click on each image to enlarge.)

The second blatant error is lower down on the same page, a headline asking “What Does Auld Land Syne Mean?”  Puhlease.  Folks, it’s Auld Lang Syne.

Everyone makes spelling mistakes, including me. But somehow I expect newspapers and other formal publications to do a better job of proofreading.

This concludes my first rant of 2010.