We’ve all made a spelling error or two in our time, but there are a few occasions when you really, really want to make sure you proofread your work.
Wedding invitations fall into this category, and some would say official tickets to the 115th US State of the Union address do too.
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Or should we say “State of the Uniom”.
Looking forward to tomorrow’s State of the Uniom. pic.twitter.com/xdBUU3Pvo5
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 29, 2018
We can’t remember the South African government ever getting it this wrong before SONA.
NBC News confirms there was originally a spelling error on the tickets printed for guests to attend President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. Said State of the “Uniom” — Two sources say the tickets are being re-printed to correct the misspelling. pic.twitter.com/lNOebLaAdZ
— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) January 29, 2018
After internet users and international media highlighted the gaffe, tickets were reprinted, likely spell-checked repeatedly, and redistributed to guests. But not before some on Twitter grabbed the mistake, and beat the hell out of it.
I pledge Allegiamce, to the falg, of the United States of Americam. And to the Republica for witch it standz, one natiom, Umber God, imdivisible, with libery and justice for mall. #SOTUniom #SOTU
— Tina (@girlinseattle) January 29, 2018
Even Google has noted an uptick in searches for the erroneous title.
And that’s seemingly not the only poor use of language on the tickets.
Not only does the #StateOfTheUnion #Ticket have the misspelling of #Uniom, it also has a grammatical error of “Visitor’s Gallery.” It should be Visitors plural, not Visitor singular (Visitors’ Gallery or Visitors Gallery). #SOTUniom pic.twitter.com/1uYPBrKs8n
— Lizabeth Knight (@lizabeth_knight) January 30, 2018
The address will be livestreamed on multiple YouTube channels, beginning around 4am SAST Wednesday 31 January. Or watch it on C-SPAN’s YouTube stream below.
And for those wondering, the official hashtag is #SOTU — at least you can’t really spell that incorrectly.
Edit: an earlier version of this article stated an incorrect scheduled time and date for South Africa. This has since been corrected. A YouTube embed has also been added.
Feature image: Marco Rubio/@marcorubio via Twitter
