Bake Off’s Nadiya missed a comma and everybody made the same joke – 13 showstoppers
We all know punctuation is important; for example, this syrup would look a lot more appetising if the exclamation mark came after “boy”.
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Similarly, this sign suggests an impossibly narrow demographic.
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When former Great British Bake Off winner, Nadiya Hussain, took to Twitter to promote her new TV show, Nadiya’s Party Feasts, she made a tiny but crucial slip with her punctuation.
Time to eat people! https://t.co/60C6TfIwhq
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) November 27, 2018
Everyone who spotted the slip had more or less the same joke to make, but it’s pretty funny, so here are our favourite versions.
1.
Grammar is important. https://t.co/tYjLK9gZmB
— ilona burton (@ilonacatherine) November 27, 2018
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Might want a comma there.
Or more spices. https://t.co/KlK43daBjs— Box O'Bollox (@boxofone) November 27, 2018
4.
https://twitter.com/mikeclauss/status/1067497534027964417
5. brexit
https://twitter.com/bertiehallums/status/1067515917536387072
6.
https://twitter.com/MisterRatt/status/1067498564509724672
7.
can we start with the rich? https://t.co/nEPrgy6ZDV
— simon (@Simonjenkin) November 27, 2018
8.
https://twitter.com/TheMJAP/status/1067563936839622657
9.
Great idea for a cooking competition. The loser of each round becomes ingredients for the next.
— Craig Rippens (@craigrippens) November 27, 2018
10.
Nadiya’s new book Soylant Green expected Spring 2019! pic.twitter.com/Cf6DMDEQkY
— Gem McGuire (@gembot90) November 27, 2018
11.
I like people but I couldn’t eat a whole one.
— Eat Dorset Mick Nosh (@eatdorset) November 27, 2018
12.
I really don’t want to eat people – a spare rib will do me.
— frances clemmow (@ClemmowFrances) November 27, 2018
13.
Cannibalism at Christmas ?!? Use commas, don't be a psycho !
— gavin ashbarry (@gavinmoss) November 27, 2018
One fan, however, had this to say.
“If Nadiya’s cooked em, I will eat em”
Now, that’s devotion.
One Twitter user jumped to her defence.
Whether there is a comma or not it’s Twitter not an English language lesson from Nadiya. Get over it!
— Noorul Choudhury (@NoorulChoudhury) November 27, 2018
He needn’t have bothered – Nadiya took the gentle ribbing with her trademark good humour.
Let’s just eat and skip the people part ! https://t.co/G9fQ5LTZsE
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) November 27, 2018