I have always wanted to write a book called “It’s a Bad Sign” and have it illustrated with examples of signs that are either misspelled, grammatically incorrect or just badly worded.
Like this one:
If you have some examples, e-mail them to me here, and I will post them later in the week!
I always loved when David Letterman (?) had that segment on his show of misspelled print ads. They were good for a hardy laugh. I'll be on the look out Meg, would be great to contribute.
ReplyDeleteCheers~ Deb
Quite funny. I often see misspelled signs. Last week I was in a fairly nice restaurant and the word "potatoe" was on a list of specials. Those of us old enough joke about Dan Quayle's new job as sign maker.
ReplyDeleteMeg, "Slow Children Playing" is a common sign around here. But the "Dead" part is a new one for me. I know Brits are as tickled at our "Yield" traffic signs as we are with their "Give Way".
ReplyDeleteMeg,
ReplyDeleteYou and your readers might enjoy the "30 Most Bizarre Zoo Signs"
http://www.decodedstuff.com/35-most-bizarre-zoo-signs/
Roughly Daily features amusing signs of many sorts.
http://roughlydaily.com/?s=signs
KO
I love the two guys who go around correcting the misplaced apostrophes on signs. There was a TV piece on them years ago. I hope they are still at it.
ReplyDeleteI like the Who's Responible series that the City Paper runs...
ReplyDeletehttp://citypaper.com/responible
aaahhHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHH! *snort*
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