Abuse in Signage, Apostrophe Abuse, Capitalisation

11th September, 2010

Brimful of Error’s

Here's a cracker sent in by Kat Harbourne. Actual plurals are often tricky to get right, so why bother? Just stick to the single form and use an apostrophe - that'll be fine. However, in this example, ...

Abuse in Signage, Apostrophe Abuse, Capitalisation
  • Posted by Tom
  • (31)
29th May, 2010

All part of the servis

It's always a delight when an establishment is unswervingly dedicated to getting things wrong. Further to a previous post about rampant quotation mark abuse at a Nottingham furniture shop, GrammarBlog's Nottingham correspondent Samantha Moran has spotted another case of WRONG at the very same shop....

Abuse in Signage, Spelling
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (5)
3rd May, 2010

Drinking in the old fashion days

On a recent visit to Bristol, I was enthralled to stumble across an 'old fashion pub' for the first time. You would be forgiven for thinking an establishment called Seamus O'donnells (lower case 'd', no apostrophe -'s') ...

Abuse in Signage, Spelling
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (2)
7th March, 2010

Part of the “furniture”

If it's quality but low price furniture you're looking for, steer well clear of this establishment in Nottingham. Thanks to Samantha Moran for resisting the temptation to do ironic "air quotes" with her fingers and instead choosing to take these photos....

Abuse in Signage
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (7)
17th February, 2010

Beware the parking inspector at Hogwarts

Thanks to Angela in Essex for this picture of a sign outside her local Italian restaurant. Either the owner of this restaurant is a wizard with the ability ...

Abuse in Signage, grammar, signs, wrong word
  • Posted by Gez
  • (6)
23rd January, 2010

Hugh selection

Hugh selection, originally uploaded by GrammarBlog. A great spot here, sent in by Caroline. I imagine there are a few lorries in the Dreams Plc fleet with this error. Perhaps ...

Abuse in Signage, Typos, wrong word
  • Posted by GrammarBlog
  • (7)
24th December, 2009

“I’m sorry to nit-pick…”

Reasons why regional media must never die, #2: nit-picking letters. Having returned to my native Teesside for the festive season, it was with customary zeal that I threw open the pages of 'Now&Then', a micro-regional local interest magazine delivered free to 78,000 'selected homes' in towns and villages across the area. It's ...

Abuse in Signage, Regional media, wrong word
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (9)
7th December, 2009

The artist formally known as Prince

This is surely an example of homophonic abuse... This shop front was spotted by Matt Top Boy FFS whilst prowling the streets of Manchester. When a lighting shop rebadges itself, I expect better than this. I've tried to accept the slight possibility that it's not ...

Abuse in Signage
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (4)
6th October, 2009

STOR! In the Name of Love

Reasons Why Regional Newspapers Must Never Die, Vol. 1: This heartwarming tale of youth power from the Manchester Evening News... Schoolboy spots street sign blunder A SCHOOLBOY fears spelling is on the road to ruin after a street sign blunder. Adam Gant, 11, spotted the embarrassing mistake in large letters as he walked ...

Abuse in Signage, Regional media, Spelling
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (5)
14th August, 2009

Prostrate Cancer

It would be terribly insensitive to make fun of this plaque... Prostrate Cancer????, originally uploaded by revnev. I'm going for a lie down. So I'll ...

Abuse in Signage, Spelling
  • Posted by Gez
  • (3)
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