Comments on: STOR! In the Name of Love http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2009/10/stor-in-the-name-of-love/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Janessa http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2009/10/stor-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 Janessa Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:20:16 +0000 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/?p=736#comment-1320 Maybe the person that painted it didn't have English as a first language? That's the source of a lot of problems on the CakeWreck blog. Maybe the person that painted it didn’t have English as a first language? That’s the source of a lot of problems on the CakeWreck blog.

]]> By: MKTB FFS http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2009/10/stor-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 MKTB FFS Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:49:48 +0000 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/?p=736#comment-1300 Good article from that there MEN, but it's not a "street sign" but a "road marking". That said, I like the "road to ruin" pun. Long live local newspapers and, ergo, low pay for journalists. Good article from that there MEN, but it’s not a “street sign” but a “road marking”. That said, I like the “road to ruin” pun. Long live local newspapers and, ergo, low pay for journalists.

]]> By: Sars http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2009/10/stor-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Sars Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:36:04 +0000 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/?p=736#comment-1274 There's actually a STOR sign on my street. Coincidence? You be the judge. There’s actually a STOR sign on my street.

Coincidence? You be the judge.

]]> By: tim maguire http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2009/10/stor-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 tim maguire Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:25:01 +0000 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/?p=736#comment-1272 Most likely, the person stenciling it in grabbed an "R" out of the truck by accident and, because he was up close and focussed on staying in the lines instead of standing back to look at the bigger picture, never noticed that he'd painted "STOR" instead of...well, nothing, because he wasn't thinking about the whole word. Most likely, the person stenciling it in grabbed an “R” out of the truck by accident and, because he was up close and focussed on staying in the lines instead of standing back to look at the bigger picture, never noticed that he’d painted “STOR” instead of…well, nothing, because he wasn’t thinking about the whole word.

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