Tio think you at least learn to spell before you have your shop sign made?

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I passed a Cafe this morning, which had on it, as the name, Breakfasts, lunch and tea's.

Why, just why?
I wanted to tell my friend to stop the car so I could go in and tell them.

Why would you not at least check this?

I am a Sheffield United football supporter and next to the football ground, on Shoreham Street, are two shops side by side. One sign says "confectionary", the other says "stationary" and I want to rip them both down every time I pass them!

I also went into a fury recently seeing a huge new sign on a shop "Off License"!!

Love this thread - thought it was just me!

ChickensHaveNoLips - you made me laugh out loud then. Now I keep saying 'Everyting' in a Louis Walsh type accent in my head

I'm with you Shodan - I too question the quality of the produce on the strenght of the spelling. How Judgey.

Puts me in mind of some Indian take aways and their Nan bread. I often wonder if it's like the Keema version and contains real Grandmothers........

There was a second hand furniture shop on Kingsland Road, Dalston with a carefully painted sign proudly announcing Kingland Office Furniture. I roffled at that for years.

There is a shop near me called Paparatzzi. I can hardly bear to type it.

I dream of buying a big can of paint and correcting it myself.

My mum works for a sign-makers and this drives her insane.

She used to correct their spelling and punctuation (being a mad pedant who has raised an equally pedantic daughter) when the signmakers would ask her about it (most of the machinists who actually make the signs do not have the most fantastic education), but they then got complaints from the customers, who insisted that their way was correct!

Now they insist on having the exact lettering in writing before they proceed with the sign, to cover their backs. You'd be amazed though, hardly anyone ever comes back saying their sign is wrong!

In our local brand new hossie there are signs on the doors saying 'Assesment Room'. When I pointed this out to the nurse (as one does) she looked at me like I was insane and said 'well, no-one's in there long enough to care!' - I felt like saying I care, but as she was about to prep me for surgery I didn't wish to irritate her further....

...how judgey of me I meant....gah, going to do some work now

My favourite use of the rogue apostrophe is when someone clearly can't make their mind up, feels they should go in somewhere and ends up using several

Brussel's' Sprout's' 90p/kg

We could become guerilla spelling correctors!

(I am aware that the grammar is shit in this post, feel free to spray paint laptop screen)

Local Barber shop here advertises as "Ninos' Gents's Barber's". Love it :o

That's ok, Bibi- I'm judgey too on that score.

so glad it's not just me!!
Lovecat , your Mum's stories about the customers insisting their spellings were correct when in fact they weren't reminds me of my time working in the pre-press dept of a printers: the majority of the printers, finishers and what have you were quite good at spelling, grammar etc - most of our problems came from some of the customers - and management too!
What also didn't help was that the Spellcheck on the Applemacs we used was American, and there didn't seem to be any way of adjusting it to our Crazy English Spelling.
Oooh, dear. Laugh? I nearly did sometimes.

I saw a clothing label once that helpfully told customers it was available in

Divers Colours

I work for a membership organisation, and we have a nice room for any of our members who happen to be visiting the area. The sign on the door says 'Member's Room'. The person responsible has refused to admit the apostrophe is in the wrong place. If I am passing when someone is about to enter the room, I apologise for the sign. Which probably makes me look mad...

Also, I used to walk past a sign which said 'Studio's to rent'. One day someone had covered the apostrophe with a giant white sticker (guerrilla action?) but by the next day, someone else had peeled it off.

Lynn Truss. Your country needs you.

Ooooh, yes, there's a sign on the door of the smoking room where I work, that states residents are not to be left by 'themself's'.
And yes I have informed admin of this many times.

Fourcaught

Themself's

PMSL. They are so bad they are good!

Local talking bus goes via the university halls of residence.
The voice used to tell us when we were going past the ''Halls of residences''
The bus company used to spell it with an 's' on the bus stops as well.

Also the local shopping mall used to put up a sign on santa's grotto when he was taking a break which read 'Santa's gone to feed his raindeer's'

I was at a game shop the other day and the sign outside read:

"Preorder now be for Chrismas"

I didn't half feel like pointing it out to them but then I just thought they probably wouldn't see their mistake and I would look crazy.

I see a lot of rogue apostrophes on my travels too. Annoys the hell out of me.

AlovelyBunch - also, how does preorder differ from order?

Because you order it before it is released on to the market.

I don't know if it makes any difference grammatically though.

It was just the "be for" that made me

There is a pet shop near us that has a lovely banner with all the animals pictured on it and says "we sell hamsters rabbits guinea pigs and gerbals" !

my h'e'r'o'e's's'

One of their great amendments was to the sign bearing the legend "NO PARKING - YOU WILL BE TOAD." Brilliant!

Speaking of apostrophes, rogue and non-existent....just been out locally and seen a sign over a new shop

Suzies Ironing Service

Lovely elaborate sign - God knows what Suzie had to pay for it!

Do I dare go in and tell her?

Reminded me, years ago, my husband used to frequent a hairdresser's where they put up a new sign bearing the word "proffessional".

DH pointed out spelling error only to be told it didn't matter because they'd seen it spelled that way in various hairdressing magazines!

I'm afraid any business with a dodgy sign rings my warning bells before I've crossed the threshold.

I once saw a hand written sign on a hand dryer in a service station saying 'dont work'
Not sure this was for information purposes or career advice.