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    Reviewer Gaffes Raise Eyebrows

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update June 19, 2012 2 Comments

    A couple of restaurant review mistakes from Poynter.com for you to ponder.

    1. Canada’s Hamilton Spectator: In a review for Sarcoa Restaurant, the reviewer referred to it as “Sarcoma Restaurant” – a form of cancer.

    2. A Sacramento Bee reviewer reviewed Silva’s Sheldon Inn, referencing Don Brown, whom the reviewer believed was the sous chef. It wasn’t a very positive review. The problem? Don Brown had been dead for over two years, a fact noted on the restaurant website.

    I may have my share of typos, but geeze!

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    1. Angie says

      June 19, 2012 at 7:35 am

      A gaff, in its most common nautical definition, is a long pole with a hook on it, used for spearing a big fish.

      A gaffe, on the other hand, is an embarrassing error.

      They happen to us all.

      Reply
    2. JandJ says

      June 19, 2012 at 7:52 am

      Please tell me you misspelled “gaffe” intentionally or was it a Freudian slip?

      Reply

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