Illiteracy

 Watch this closely, and at 17 seconds in you shall see a product of modern education:




You read correctly: "They're tricky and their sneaky..."  What a howler.

The attempt at verse is appallingly inept, so I suppose one minor error of syntax doesn't really add up to much.  Still, this could have been biting and witty -- had it been written by someone who knew what they were up to.  I just hope the poor singer got the proper award rate for lending his voice to this dismal effort.


Update, 22/7: The video has been pulled down from Youtube.  Harumph.

Update #2, 24/7: Found in a cache, so it's embedded here again.  Enjoy!