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To think someone should have picked up on this terrible misspelling?

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SalemSaberhagen · 16/12/2015 11:59

I'm parked outside a second hand shop right now called 'Needfull things'. Argh! Why did nobody pick up on it? Surely the printers should have noticed?

It's really annoying me!

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 16/12/2015 14:40

Take away near me is called Legal Food and it was supposed to be Regal Food. Sign writer misheard the owner over the phone, being like it for 20plus years now.

Kacie123 · 16/12/2015 14:42

Makes you pay attention though!

RiverTam · 16/12/2015 14:50

I don't think it's every done ironically, is it?

The thing that gives me the pip is (London) shops showing their phone number as 0207 or 0208 etc. There's no such fucking code!! Never has been!!! The whole of London is 020. Grrrrr.

StarkyTheDirewolf · 16/12/2015 15:11

Dh used to go to a barber which had 'Boys's and mens's haircuts's available'

Once I'd seen it I couldn't focus on anything else, I'm not grammatically accurate all most of the time, but that one made my eyes feel weird.

BarbaraofSeville · 16/12/2015 15:47

Same in Leeds River. City code is 0113 and numbers are 2XX XXXX. Signs are often written 01132 XXX XXX. Makes me irrationally stabby but is just a throwback to when our numbers were 0532 XXX XXX.

But seriously, don't people realise their mistakes and how bad it looks? Don't they think to get it checked? As well as spelling and grammar horrors, website text is often poorly written and I just want to rewrite it all for them.

It's not just small local companies either. I've seen extra apostrophes on Sainsbury's signage and Marks and Spencer products.

HarimadSol · 16/12/2015 15:55

I saw this one in Wickes last month, and it made me laugh. Exactly which piece of whose mind would be protecting my home?

To think someone should have picked up on this terrible misspelling?
WhetherOrNot · 16/12/2015 16:02

There's a girl near us who gives out her business cards saying:

(Blah blah blah)

"No dog to big no pup to small"

It makes my toes curl!

Osmiornica · 16/12/2015 16:03

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RiverTam · 16/12/2015 16:14

No, we were told that the whole of London would be 020! And anyway, it was years ago so no excuse why anyine should still be getting it wrong!

PseudoBadger · 16/12/2015 16:16

Saw this today and had to take a photo

To think someone should have picked up on this terrible misspelling?
DisappointedOne · 16/12/2015 16:20

It's almost 20 years since the unitary authorities in Wales changed. There's no such place as South Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan or Gwent anymore, but they're still used on company databases!

TheoriginalLEM · 16/12/2015 16:22

personally, I'd be more worried if it has something for sale that you simply must have and you have just the right amount of money to buy it.......

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 16/12/2015 16:44

PSML at 'reindeers'.

My best misspelling ever was when the kids' nursery emailed all parents to say they were doing some gardening with the children and please could parents donate old willies to plant sunflowers in. Xmas Grin

pigsDOfly · 16/12/2015 16:50

On one of my walks with the dog I pass a factory making something for the home - can't remember what it is - but the name of the place contains the word 'color'. I know that's perfectly correct if you're in USA but this in Sussex.

Doesn't really annoy me so much, but I find myself staring at it every time I pass, it looks so odd.

It's funny how the mind works with words. We're so used to seeing letters used in a certain way to make the sounds we know that anything deviating from the norm can look really strange.

yetanotherdeskmove · 16/12/2015 17:01

The Leeds one winds me up because some Leeds numbers start with a 3 – the amount of rows I have had with people who refused to believe my number was 0113 3xx xxxx was quite considerable Grin

DisappointedOne · 16/12/2015 17:09

It's funny how the mind works with words. We're so used to seeing letters used in a certain way to make the sounds we know that anything deviating from the norm can look really strange.

It's not really. We learn the shape of words (so our brains can recognise them at a glance rather than needing to spell them out every time). If the shape changed, your brain doesn't recognise it.

DinoSnores · 16/12/2015 17:10

Nearby there is a local children's clothes shop called...

Kid's Classic's

www.192.com/atoz/business/cambridge-cb4/children-and-babywear-retail/kids-classics/d30be37b6260e3f5ee3191112cbe94aaa42f34b6/ml/

Photo to prove it!

DisappointedOne · 16/12/2015 17:10

*changes

iklboo · 16/12/2015 17:23

There's a shop near me called Sofa's Bed's And Mattresse's. I was Shock when I saw it.

Now43 · 16/12/2015 17:28

I may well be very silly, but can someone please explain what is wrong with the Reindeers advert?

Indantherene · 16/12/2015 17:33

Now43 the plural of deer is deer, thus reindeer one or many, not reindeers.

iklboo · 16/12/2015 17:41

Reindeer is like sheep. You don't need an 's' for the plural.

LindyHemming · 16/12/2015 17:43

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AnyoneButSanta · 16/12/2015 17:49

I saw an educational establishment claiming that their graduates were "highly sort after". Actually physically painful.