Abuse in Signage, grammar, signs, wrong word

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)
26th September, 2009

McJobsworths

You can pay for your cardboard junk food any way you like... Admittedly, this removes quite a major option. I love a good 'accept'/'except' catastrophe.  This photo was taken by phoebeofthesea in New Jersey over in that America at a ...

signs, wrong word
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (0)
26th August, 2009

The orginal and best

There's nothing that we like more than an engraving gone wrong. The orginal and best, originally uploaded by GrammarBlog. Huge thanks go to Chris Meads of Wigan for sending us this ...

Photos, Spelling, signs
  • Posted by GrammarBlog
  • (1)
5th July, 2009

Actually blown away

That's right; not figuratively or metaphorically, but actually blown away. Not my words, reader, the words of the Yorkshire Evening Post. Please insert your own flatulence reference here, naturally.

signs
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (2)
15th June, 2009

Weather permitted

I love the idea that this pub has the power to control meteorology. Honestly, you put on a bouncy castle at the weekend and suddenly you think you're playing God. This all-round wonderfully amateurish effort is laminated, which obviously makes it all the more ...

lamination, signs, wrong word
  • Posted by Paddy
  • (8)
16th April, 2009

Rationed by someone without a dictionary

No more milk or coffee untill after midday... would refuse to accept the authority of a poorly spelled sign. You can have till, until or, at a push, 'til.

Photos, Spelling, signs
  • Posted by Gez
  • (5)
27th February, 2009

bitz’n'pizza’s

This makes me angry. Irrationally, compulsively and pathologically angry.     Lucky old Pizza..., originally uploaded by jweisfeldadams. It's not even the extra apostrophe that bothers me; it's the whole thing. The zany use ...

Abuse in Signage, Photos, Rants, signs
  • Posted by Gez
  • (5)
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