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Sole Searching

May 29, 2018 Holly Simmons
Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

I don't mind admitting that I enjoy the whole "royal style watch" thing. It's fun to see what Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, a.k.a. the Duchess of Cambridge and the new Duchess of Sussex, respectively, wore. I mean, the hats alone, right? 

But even more than I enjoy tracking the latest in princessly millinery, I love looking out for a good homophone fail. And this article, from People Magazine, had a doozy. Scroll down to paragraph nine, the one that begins, "For the reception, Markle wore ... " and zero in on the description of her shoes: 

"She styled the look with custom Aquazzura pumps featuring baby blue souls ..."

By Alex E. Proimos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/4199675334/) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Alex E. Proimos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/4199675334/) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Were you aware that shoes had souls? I wasn't. I knew they had soles, but I've never been one to equate footwear with otherworldly spiritual consciousness. I guess you learn something new every day, right? 

 

In Homophones, Humor Tags copy editing fail, homophone fail, royal wedding, Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton
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