Spelling

[B00]

Just seen outside our local taxi rank that it has had a new sign erected (oooer!) on it's front, and instead of adding digits for the telephone number they've added words, it says.....

"tripple 2"......and so on. Wouldn't you have thought that somewhere along the way, someone, somewhere would have said, before the sign was erected (oooer again!) "ey up, we've/ you've spelt triple wrong" ??

I'd have gone in and mentioned it myself to them- but i was too busy giggling at it.

[jno]

I used to live near a driving instructor who advertised Duel Control Cars.

[B00]

Haha, good one.

Remember all those years ago the kefuffle about the Poll tax? Well near us, somone had graffiti'd (I know that's not right!) near us, in big 10 foot letters " SAY NO TO POLE TAX", it was awesome!

[Cetti]

Disgraiseful, BOO!

You wud fink that taxi peepel wud no betar, wudant you?

[B00]

Heh Cetti, how the devil are you anyway?

I dunno what it is about where I live, must be something to do with the Neanderthals in-breeding or something in the water, but none of 'em can spell, in-fact it's a bonus if they can speak coherently.

[mrs_overall]

Friday is the day our local paper comes out. I love it because of all the mistakes.
Today's offerings include:
For sale: black ladies coat
For sale: Mammas and Pappys pushchair
For sale: Gennerater
Obituaries: will family & fiends meet at the crematorium

[~max~]

Near where I used to work, there was an office with a sign saying "Women's training and Employement Centre".

It was there for ages. I'm not sure it says much about the "employeability" of the sign makers at least.....

[B00]

pmsl @ fiends!

[helpmetoo]

i was queueing in traffic and alongside me was an ambulance

'patience transport'

[raysparx1]

Hello Boo, I do think a lot of it is down to the education system where "Content" is more important than the spelling,

It is also getting harder to understand what youngsters are writing as they write everything in "text speak" is that the correct terminoligy? some of it is very funny, but where will it end?

[B00]

Oh you're kidding helpmetoo? Why doesn't someone tell them?

Glad to see it's not just me then, I can cope with spelling errors in typing, like here for example, heck make enough of them myself, but when it's a business, wouldn't you think they'd check, check and double check every typed word?

[mrs_overall]

...and the farm up the road from me sells

Potatoe sacks
Carots
Cauliflour

[Bathsheba]

In a local council office I once pointed out that the notice on the cashier's window was incorrect- "due to the current speight of counterfeit notes...". It was still there the following month! Also- a sign in the library- "New Book's"!!! In a library!! Disgraceful.

[B00]

Aye, probably right Ray- still, bloody embarrassing to see innit? LOL

[mrs_overall]

...and also in todays local paper

"the man was seen lerking near the scene of the crime"

[mccfluff]

a new bar has opened in town and they are selling various sarnies some have

tomato and the others have tomatoe

loved it, they weren't open or i would of gone in and taken the p!ss

[raysparx1]

I take it all back it isn't something new, have a look at this litlle lot.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/Spelling Mistakes/MistakesFamous.htm

[~max~]

Or maybe you would have gone in and taken the p!ss? :OP

[Catron]

It will end in someone spelling terminology wrong, will it not, raysparx1? lol

[shaneystar2]

There used to a hairdresser near us .One of those really old fashioned biddy places ..ahem .Well she was a lovely lady and used to collect stuff for the local schools for the kids to do art work etc.She once had a huge notice in the window ..
" Collecting for school please leave your used toilet rolls here "
She meant the cardboard inserts ...I think !

[B00]

Ahhh now see Max, that's a grammatical error, not a spelling one ;-)