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Misspelled Signs

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:17 am
by scw1217
This link sent to me. It is right up my alley because after almost 10 years as a paid proofreader, I find spelling errors everywhere I go. Even at my church on Sunday, the words on the screen said "presense" instead of "presence". Everyone else was just singing along and I was mentally correcting the spelling!

I should note that it does NOT prevent me from making spelling errors of my own, but it does help me to always spot them when I do.

http://pages.prodigy.net/pizzabagel/Mis ... ns_001.htm

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:31 am
by Perry
Goodness grashus! :wink:

Alumium

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:12 pm
by melissa
Alumium = (bad Chinese translation) Dangerously Delicious!

Re: Misspelled Signs

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:43 am
by anders
after almost 10 years as a paid proofreader, I find spelling errors everywhere I go.
Occupational disease. Also affects translators.

Re: Misspelled Signs

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:53 am
by scw1217
after almost 10 years as a paid proofreader, I find spelling errors everywhere I go.
Occupational disease. Also affects translators.
:lol: Funny!

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:58 am
by Cacasenno
Spelling is English greatest humbug
or is it
humbugh?
hambug?
hambugh?
humbog?
humbogh?
hambog?
hambogh?
umbug?
umbugh?
ambug?
ambugh?
umbog?
umbogh?
ambog?
ambogh?

Re: Misspelled Signs

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:57 am
by shacolourdes
I personally loved the sarcasm of whomever wrote the commentary to this.
I'm quite embarrassed, though, because I didn't notice all of the mistakes at first! :oops:
"Burgers" is the plural of "burger." Am I to assume then that "burgerss" is the plural of "burgers?"
Can't beat that with a stick...
Cigarettes are small cigars. Ergo cigarrettes must be small cigarrs.
O wait... yea, this one is definitely better! :lol:
The sign on the establishment indicates "CERMIC TILE." But on their van it reads "CERMAIC TILE." I'm confoozed.
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This last one is my favorite by far!

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:26 pm
by gailr
I don't have a photo, but a college friend shuddered at his hometown furnature delivery vans. Hmmm, I see that there are three hundred and twelve thousand other people on Teh Googles who are looking for that very thing. They should start in Wyoming.