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.

[factor-fiction]

Did you mean 'practising', saxy_jag?

I once corrected a draft notice at work in which someone had put superfluous apostrophes on all the plurals ("Would all manager's please remind staff and visitor's of the rule's about smoking... ", etc). I edited out all the superfluous apostrophes and sent the notice for printing. But then my director saw the notices, recalled them and added all the apostrophes back!

[unrulyjulie]

nothing to add but what a great thread this was to read. :-)

[Whickerman]

I regularly go to a supplier company (I hope no-one there reads this...), and they have 4 big signs (10ft high) hanging up that read:

IF IT IS'NT PERFECT, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Note the first apostrophe, and no, they weren't being ironic!