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Common spelling errors such as "dinning" tables..."swade"...but my (least)favorite was someone who had "chester drawers"...
Wonder if poor Chester will ever get his britches back?
Saw on this website today "self asteam". I expect the speller's is sky high as it would only be mean and demeaning to point that out to him/her and we certainly don't want to cause anyone to ever never ever feel uncomfortable about any failure on their part to hit the mark.
My favorites on Craigslist are the ads under "Writing Gigs" asking for writters.
A few days ago, I spied an impressive-looking engraved metal plaque in the men's room of a Whole Foods market. The plaque listed a litany of circumstances that mandated hand-washing for employees, and I was very impressed with the company's official dedication to cleanliness and hygiene.
Unfortunately, my favorable impression was tempered by one of the last items on the list:
"...after using a hankerchief"
I also cannot stand this verb. Many years ago I saw a magazine ad for Nintento that stated, "When Losing Sucks." I was completely appalled and offended (my kids were little then). Sadly, it's become so common that I'm no longer surprised to hear or read it.
agreed, a word so "contaminated" that it's original meaning is hopelessly obscured. I suggest "suckle" when appropriate.
Sign on a restaurant I tried to visit the other day:
"Closed today. Sorry for the Inconvience"
Apparently "inconvenience" is just too long a word. I saw the exact same misspelling yesterday on an out-of-order urinal in a store restroom, hundreds of miles from the restaurant where I saw it last year.
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Originally Posted by Rob Allen
The wine department at my local supermarket has little signs for each section. One of the signs advertises "Sherry - Port - Madiera". There are bottles of Madeira within one foot of the sign. I pointed out the error to an employee months ago; the sign is still there, unchanged.
The sign is still there, unchanged, more than two years after I spoke with that employee.
The misspelling of inconvenience, in various forms, seems to be one of the most common seen on hand-scrawled signs affixed to front doors. It's become a running joke with me...
I saw a sign in a little food stall in Malawi, Africa, that listed "Sanguages". In all fairness, most of the clientele probably wouldn't have recognized the word "Sandwiches", which to them, rhymes with Languages. So the spelling choice might have in fact been the most effective one.
I'm convinced that this thread has saved many lives by keeping some of us from going postal.
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