Public punctuation/spelling mistakes

earlyevening · 17-03-2015 11:29PM #1

Any interest in this? Funny spelling/punctuation bloopers in signage and packaging etc.
It's inspired by me noticing a mistake on some Donegal Catch packaging in the supermarket today.

Rather than "Skipper's Specials", they have "Skippers Special's" as the name of this product. lol.

Sorry that's the best image of the product I can find.

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=275617253

17-03-2015 11:33PM

Oh deer

Karl Stein · 17-03-2015 11:35PM

Less meat fewer chops.

Wacker The Attacker · 17-03-2015 11:37PM

How's your grammar?

Chucken · 17-03-2015 11:40PM

http://m0.her.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/B0D9Rv7CYAElEi2.jpg

Jeju · 17-03-2015 11:40PM

My 3 year old asked me one evening "Can I put this not there?
She has a lot to learn.

RayM · 17-03-2015 11:41PM

"The Temple Bar Welcome's the World"

jellybear · 17-03-2015 11:51PM

A classic that's been there for as long as I can remember. On the old N2 heading to Dublin.

Eugene Norman · 18-03-2015 12:31AM

Karl Stein wrote: »

Less meat fewer chops.

More meat. More chops.

Mallagio · 18-03-2015 12:33AM

DBB wrote: »

A hairdresser's shop in Duleek, Co. Meath... But maybe they meant it? :o

Along the same lines, there was a billboard in Landsdowne Road dart station many moons ago advertising a printing and typesetting company, with the headline "Now Your on the Right Track"

I'd put that down to someone who came in on a Monday morning with a serious hangover and tried to be "at the races".....

Obviously the boss fell for it

DBB · 18-03-2015 12:34AM

A hairdresser's shop in Duleek, Co. Meath... But maybe they meant it?

:o

2013-05-13 10.23.26.jpg

Along the same lines, there was a billboard in Landsdowne Road dart station many moons ago advertising a printing and typesetting company, with the headline "Now Your on the Right Track"

18-03-2015 01:00AM

Outside a large hardware superstore:

''Blocking This Exit Puts Life's At Risk'

The Backwards Man · 18-03-2015 01:08AM

Esther Rantzen will never be dead

tampopo · 18-03-2015 01:23AM

RayM wrote: »

"The Temple Bar Welcome's the World"

yeah, who uses Farenheit these days...!

(ok, the Yanks, I know)

Tarzana2 · 18-03-2015 01:27AM

Get a bit :rolleyes: when people declare themselves to be grammar or spelling sticklers. I have never come across even one person who doesn't make some kind of error at some stage.

Best was a girl I knew who declare on her Bebo page (yes, Bebo

) that she couldn't bear spelling and grammer mistakes. Grammer.

And 'its'. Loads of people who love to correct people on this kind of thing use 'it's' where it should be 'its'. When did people stop understanding when to use 'its'?

I realise there's an irony in this post, but I genuinely don't go around correcting people, I just notice the glaring errors of people who make a big deal about this kind of stuff, especially if they are particularly supercilious about it.

dee_mc · 18-03-2015 01:30AM

All I want to know is, was the bare/bear gaffe deliberate?

The Backwards Man · 18-03-2015 01:30AM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Get a bit :rolleyes: when people declare themselves to be grammar or spelling sticklers. I have never come across even one person who doesn't make some kind of error at some stage.

Best was a girl I knew who declare on her Bebo page (yes, Bebo ) that she couldn't bare grammer mistakes. Grammer.

Gentle Ben

AlanS181824 · 18-03-2015 01:37AM

Tesco's community fund banner about how much money they raised then below they're something along the lines of...

"Lets keep it going."

Edit: 5,500 posts

sligojoek · 18-03-2015 01:51AM

A shop in Sligo had a sign stating they were "30 years in bussiness" on the door for months.

Vincent Vega · 18-03-2015 01:53AM

I've just noticed two spelling mistakes on the front of the Passport Application Form Notes, which was apparently reviewed in July of last year.

'Prority at these public counters is given to those travelling at short notice'

and about 5 lines further down

'...must be presented with your appilcation.'

Shameful stuff.

Tarzana2 · 18-03-2015 03:11AM

Solicitor's office I pass by on my bus to work. Big poster in the window: 'Free first consulation'. Mispelled professional signage is pretty bad because there should be some quality control there.

Tarzana2 · 18-03-2015 03:13AM

dee_mc wrote: »

All I want to know is, was the bare/bear gaffe deliberate?

See, that's exactly my point!

We all make mess ups. I wrote a post here about it but I never bring anything like this up in everyday life, and people who claim themselves to be sticklers are as bad as anyone else.

I often mix up 'lose' and 'loose'. I understand the difference, but for some reason when writing quickly, my brain struggles to distinguish them. I personally find that interesting. That I know which is which, but it takes me a moment to process. I reckon a lot of people have slight struggles with stuff like this. Very mild dyslexia, perhaps? I don't know. But others having a sense of superiority about it is a bit misplaced, especially when, as said, I have never come across someone who didn't make some kind of spelling/syntax/grammar mistake at some stage.

berger89 · 18-03-2015 03:48AM

in dunes one day and there was a sign for what was supposed to be coconut, but was actually "cocnut".
maybe its a new hipster fruit or something?

Vernonymous · 18-03-2015 08:16AM

I always mispelled decision with "desicion". Like most of the time.

A cow called Daisy · 18-03-2015 08:25AM

berger89 wrote: »

in dunes one day and there was a sign for what was supposed to be coconut, but was actually "cocnut".
maybe its a new hipster fruit or something?

Perhaps you saw that sign in Dunnes?

I saw sign in Aldi last Christmas for Quality Street's

spurious · 18-03-2015 08:38AM

Banner in Temple Bar yesterday on a webcam for the world to see.

'The Temple Bar welcome's the world.
Happy St Patricks Day'

One where there shouldn't be and none where there should.

berger89 · 18-03-2015 09:55PM

A cow called Daisy wrote: »

Perhaps you saw that sign in Dunnes?

I saw sign in Aldi last Christmas for Quality Street's

autocorrect :cool:

LostinKildare · 18-03-2015 10:46PM

In the Tesco in Kildare Town there is an end-of-aisle display of sewing bits -- needles, thread, safety pins, buttons, etc. A large printed sign above it says "Stich and Sow." Yep, both words misspelled. I mentioned it to a cashier while at the checkout and she said a few people had pointed it out to the manager, who was sorting it out. Many months later, no change, and it just bugged me. Again, I mentioned it out to a cashier and she informed me that Tesco is a British chain, and that "stich" and "sow" are the British spellings of "stitch" and "sew"!!

In our family that Tesco is called "Stich and Sow," as in, "I'm nipping over to Stich and Sow for a litre of Jameson, want anything?"

SMJSF · 18-03-2015 11:05PM

Seen outside "wings" on O'Connell street: "bergur" instead of burger on their stand outside.... I would have loved to have gotten a photo of it

PARlance · 18-03-2015 11:37PM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

See, that's exactly my point!

We all make mess ups. I wrote a post here about it but I never bring anything like this up in everyday life, and people who claim themselves to be sticklers are as bad as anyone else.

I often mix up 'lose' and 'loose'. I understand the difference, but for some reason when writing quickly, my brain struggles to distinguish them. I personally find that interesting. That I know which is which, but it takes me a moment to process. I reckon a lot of people have slight struggles with stuff like this. Very mild dyslexia, perhaps? I don't know. But others having a sense of superiority about it is a bit misplaced, especially when, as said, I have never come across someone who didn't make some kind of spelling/syntax/grammar mistake at some stage.

Another one here for the lose/loose struggle.
Brian and brain another one that I have to double check every time.
Not a nice feeling seeing an email you've sent starting with "Hi Brain, it was a pleasure to finally meet you......"

Who & How was beaten out off me as a kid but I will still make the odd mistake from time to time.

I probably have a mild form of that hard to spell word. But I like numbers. That's my way of not worrying about it too much.

littleteapot · 18-03-2015 11:42PM

I know it's not particularly public but it's still someone being bad at punctuation in their job so here goes. The card I got my mum for mother's day had the following verse:
"If mum's were like flowers I'd pick you every time..."

Seriously, it said mum's. I nearly got sick when I saw it. And when I did see it, it was far too late to bring it back and get another one. My mum didn't notice it, until I pointed it out though.

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