Author Topic: Spelling that makes you cringe (Read 171679 times)

Ham · « **Reply #175 on:** 07 June, 2013, 03:50:31 pm »

Has this made an entry before now?

eck · « **Reply #176 on:** 07 June, 2013, 04:03:00 pm »

Those of you familiar with the Hungry Highlander caff on the corner at Braemar will know that it changed hands about a year ago. From being a fairly conventional chippie, it now claims to sell Fusion Cuisine. All well and good.

The bill of fare painted on the window includes:

Pizzas

Yay, no apostrophe. And, wait for it...

Curry's

madcow · « **Reply #177 on:** 20 June, 2013, 02:24:20 pm »

Article header in our local paper (Ripon Gazette)- "Ron receives Arctic Star for Royal Navel cruiser service."

Biggsy · « **Reply #178 on:** 20 June, 2013, 06:32:37 pm »

...known as Ron the Fluffer.

L CC · « **Reply #179 on:** 30 August, 2013, 12:40:18 pm »

Saarfend, innit

Ham · « **Reply #180 on:** 30 August, 2013, 12:45:58 pm »

That belongs here even if there were no spelling mistakes.

Biggsy · « **Reply #181 on:** 30 August, 2013, 01:19:02 pm »

The only thing that makes me cringe about that is that they look like brother and sister.

hellymedic · « **Reply #182 on:** 30 August, 2013, 01:26:12 pm »

Quote from: Biggsy on 30 August, 2013, 01:19:02 pm

The only thing that makes me cringe about that is that they look like brother and sister.

Think that's bad? My nephew has just married a woman who resembles his double in female form. None of his four siblings looks anything like so similar!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #183 on:** 28 September, 2013, 08:36:02 pm »

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Purple_Parrot/send-me-a-sign

If you want an amusing few minutes, try this quiz. Not hard, but there are some signs with more than one mis-speled word so you have to guess which one they want!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #184 on:** 28 September, 2013, 11:30:21 pm »

Some of those were very funny. Dr Martian Luther King!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #185 on:** 16 December, 2013, 05:23:44 pm »

I have just lifted the following, unedited, from my pilates teacher's website.

Quote

Please note a class will NOT be running at St Aidans on Friday morning 15th November due to Christmas Bizarre preperations

Kim · « **Reply #186 on:** 22 December, 2013, 01:17:05 am »

My fingers just added an errant apostrophe to the word "ill". Shoot me now, it'll be a mercy killing.

clarion · « **Reply #187 on:** 22 December, 2013, 11:02:45 am »

*ki'lling.

Canardly · « **Reply #188 on:** 22 December, 2013, 01:59:41 pm »

Incorrect use of irregular verb to lose.

T42 · « **Reply #189 on:** 22 December, 2013, 03:32:33 pm »

Folk who "wrack" their brains should be strangled with seaweed.

Gasman · « **Reply #190 on:** 23 December, 2013, 10:25:05 pm »

I saw a sign once pointing the way to the exam for the Royal Collage of Surgeons.

clarion · « **Reply #191 on:** 23 December, 2013, 10:29:00 pm »

Sticky situation.

peliroja · « **Reply #192 on:** 23 December, 2013, 10:35:12 pm »

Pyrennees.
Sneek peak.

red marley · « **Reply #193 on:** 01 January, 2014, 02:57:42 pm »

I'm rubbish at spelling so I tend to feel a bit hypocritical when pointing out others' mistakes. But... I spotted this grave mistake in Beccles today.

There are some professions where accuracy in spelling, especially when using proper names, is really quite important. If you are advertising your professional knowledge of appropriate fonts, best to spell them correctly. For added bonus points, avoiding superfluous upper-case lettering is helpful, especially when spelling out 'lower case'

hellymedic · « **Reply #194 on:** 01 January, 2014, 03:03:54 pm »

It will all come out in the wash, with BOLD!

Ian H · « **Reply #195 on:** 01 January, 2014, 04:01:21 pm »

Quote from: jo on 01 January, 2014, 02:57:42 pm

... I spotted this grave mistake in Beccles today...

Any fount that Microsoft provides free?

ian · « **Reply #196 on:** 01 January, 2014, 04:44:56 pm »

Meandering through a cemetery a couple of weeks back I was surprised by the number of mistakes there were on gravestones. Perhaps you get a discount or maybe the deerly departed was a tiresome pedant and the relatives are getting their own back? People in this thread should be forewarned...

L CC · « **Reply #197 on:** 31 January, 2014, 09:43:57 am »

If, say, you work as a surveyor for a construction company, wouldn't you know that there's no chickens in the drains?

Quote from: Should know better

So that matters are not delayed, can you please issue any updated drawings and provide me with a plan and section of the proposed Fowl Water Sewer drawing

orienteer · « **Reply #198 on:** 31 January, 2014, 12:01:31 pm »

Increasingly seeing breaking when it should be braking. If this continues it'll probably make the OED before long.

Pickled Onion · « **Reply #199 on:** 31 January, 2014, 12:24:21 pm »

Quote from: orienteer on 31 January, 2014, 12:01:31 pm

Increasingly seeing breaking when it should be braking. If this continues it'll probably make the OED before long.

Outside of proof-read publications, led appears to be written lead far more than 50% of the time. Presumably that makes it a standard alternative spelling now?

Author Topic: Spelling that makes you cringe (Read 171679 times)

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