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There's a sign on the way to work where they have misspelt EGGS

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PuppyDogTails · 29/05/2008 21:08

Incredible.

How can you misspell EGGS?

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AdamAnt · 29/05/2008 21:09

Eggses? a la Gollum?

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FrannyandZooey · 29/05/2008 21:09

how did they spell it?

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pavlovthecat · 29/05/2008 21:10

Eegs?

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tissy · 29/05/2008 21:10

Egg's?

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RiojaLover75 · 29/05/2008 21:10

EGZ??? [SHOCK]

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AdamAnt · 29/05/2008 21:10

You sure it's not an advert for these

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PuppyDogTails · 29/05/2008 21:10

EGSS

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GreenElizabeth · 29/05/2008 21:11

Egges

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PuppyDogTails · 29/05/2008 21:11

FFS who can possibly think it's spelt EGSS!

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RustyBear · 29/05/2008 21:15

Did you know that the eggs used to be called eyren? Eggs is a Norse word, which gradually replaced the Old nglisg eyren, but the older word survived in Kent until at least the fifteenth century.

Just thought you might like to know that.