TFL gone all adjective

[prism]

There's a poster on buses and things in London currently saying "Cyclists, ride central in narrow streets". (Odd that the comma survived at the hands of whoever wrote that)

I am waiting to see what happens when Boris finds out...

I read it that way too, Angus.

I think what is upsetting prism and me is the use of the adjective 'central' where the adverb 'centrally' should be employed.

There's another example too, which I saw last week - but now can't remember for the life of me! But it's in keeping with this one. And Very Annoying.

I don't want to be pedantic here (!) but an injunction to 'ride centrally' would, to me, seem to be saying 'don't lean over to one side'. I would prefer something along the lines of 'Cyclists, use the middle of narrow streets'

www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/14798.aspx

Here is the collection of posters.

The thing that bothers me about "I'm good" is that it's rather presumptuous. Being "good" has a distinguished pedigree, and if you say you're good, you're putting yourself up with The Good Samaritan, The Good Person of Szechuan, A Good American, etc, while religious literature is packed with the accounts of people who tried all their lives to be Good and reckoned they failed.

I can't say I have anything against it for pedantic reasons; I just bemoan a society where people can be good simply by saying they are.

more to the point, the person who asked, " how are you? " was enquiring after your current state, not your character!

as to the poster that started this, i can't for the life of me think why they didn't say " in the centre of".