Re: Apostrophe rage and restaurant signs
Howard, on host 205.184.139.35
Tuesday, February 1, 2000, at 18:19:44
Re: Apostrophe rage and restaurant signs posted by Brunnen-G on Tuesday, February 1, 2000, at 16:30:26:
> > Heh, reminds me of another professionally made sign that's been up for several years in front of a restaurant that's not all that far from me: "SEAFOOD AT IT'S BEST". > > > > Ack. I mean, couldn't they just paint over that apostrophe once and for all? ;-) > > > > -- codeman"then again, I might be the only local who cares"38 > > I don't know about locals in *your* area, but the sight of a misplaced apostrophe always drives *me* seriously nuts. There's something even worse, though, on a restaurant sign I go past every day on the way to work. This has nothing to do with spelling or punctuation, it's just so... so... arghh. The restaurant in question is a small and nasty Japanese eatery in a rather low-rent part of town, and it has a *huge* sign featuring a giant painting of a shark, and the name of the restaurant: The Hungry Bear. Yep. *Bear*. As in, an animal which is *not* a shark. > > Every time I look at this sign it hurts. Didn't they *know* what a bear was? Didn't they know what a *shark* was? Did they happen to have a giant painting of a shark which they wanted to use, and simply couldn't be bothered changing the name to "The Hungry Shark"? > > Whatever. I'm seriously considering going several streets out of my way when commuting, just so I don't have to worry about this any more. > > Brunnen-"the really scary thing is I'm the only person who seems to notice it"G
A sign near here reads "For Sale 2.5 acers." Egad! I wish that land would hurry up and sell. Another sign reads "Fire wood four sell" And then there's the one that says "Buy you're Christmas turkey now." I think it's time to take that one down anyway. Then I got some junk mail that said "Your a winner all ready!" That one went into file 13 in record time. Ant then there was the classified ad that said, "Motorcycle for sale. Been road very little." Howar'd
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