Public punctuation/spelling mistakes

Flabangav · 18-03-2015 11:46PM

A sign in Galway university hospital

bonzodog2 · 19-03-2015 12:00AM

The sign above Supermacs in Athenry reads "BALIE ÁTHA AN RÍ"
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.299006,-8.746678,3a,75y,327.43h,95.65t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sReX2SXGg771ujVdn5lVXFA!2e0

Lapin · 19-03-2015 12:16AM

^^^^ I've walked past that a million times and never copped it. :pac:

19-03-2015 12:47AM

I remember laughing at this for ages in Paris. More of a bad translation! https://www.flickr.com/photos/bermanphotography/8969171733/

ixoy · 19-03-2015 01:23AM

For ages, Easons in O'Connell Street, Dublin had a "Sorry Your Leaving" card section.

NachoBusiness · 19-03-2015 01:40AM

ixoy wrote: »

For ages, Easons in O'Connell Street, Dublin had a "Sorry Your Leaving" card section.

I thought that was odd too but then took a closer look and all was well as the cards all read:

'Sorry Your Leaving.. was so difficult and failed you dumb fcuk".

spurious · 19-03-2015 10:03AM

Saw this a few years ago in the bread and cakes section of Centra in Fairview.

'Dear Customer, please use thongs provided'.

LynnGrace · 19-03-2015 10:17AM

'Smile your on camera' is a fairly common one, in shops. It makes me smile though!

19-03-2015 10:25AM

littleteapot wrote: »

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.

Also the fact that it's Mothers' Day, not Mother's Day.

And that's not a dig at you, that's wrong on so many shop displays.

The Princess Bride · 19-03-2015 10:26AM

I have a love /hate relationship with these threads.

1.I'm afraid to post in case I accidentally make a grammar/ punctuation error.

2.I'm too busy pulling out my eyebrows one by one in frustration at the frequency of simple mistakes.

Menas · 19-03-2015 10:27AM

Someone got me that book 'Eats shoots leaves' a few years ago.
Awful stuff. But the wife, who is a grammar nazi, loved it.

Dramatik · 19-03-2015 12:00PM

There is a corner shop near me called "The Bungalow" But the sign above the shop front reads "The Bugnalow" Funny thing is they have another sign outside the shop that has the correct spelling, not sure if they've noticed or if they just couldn't be bothered buying a new sign.

Yes found a pic of it online, someone else must have noticed as well: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuD5SYEIAAAjkuJ.jpg

SMJSF · 19-03-2015 06:04PM

Dramatik wrote:

There is a corner shop near me called "The Bungalow" But the sign above the shop front reads "The Bugnalow" Funny thing is they have another sign outside the shop that has the correct spelling, not sure if they've noticed or if they just couldn't be bothered buying a new sign.

Dramatik wrote:

Yes found a pic of it online, someone else must have noticed as well:

Is that the one outside Deansgrange cemetery?

gramar · 19-03-2015 06:14PM

This isn't grammar, just bad English. It's a sign on the motorway as you leave the Basque Country and annoys me every time I see it. You'd think they'd have checked with a native before getting the signs made up.

Dramatik · 19-03-2015 06:20PM

SMJSF wrote: »

Is that the one outside Deansgrange cemetery?

Yep that's the one, haven't gone past there in years so it may have changed by now

maximoose · 19-03-2015 06:23PM

This annoyed me for years

Cosgrave Car's - Dorset Street

selous · 19-03-2015 08:12PM

People calling the Guards, not the Gardaí or singular Garda, not a "u" in sight.

biko · 20-03-2015 11:40AM

Just got a text from www.25plus.ie

were sorry to see you go

I suppose it's an easy mistake to make but...

KungPao · 22-03-2015 01:50AM

Just came across this...from Burger King.

Just try and resist the Tendercrisp®. Its a real charmer. Succulent 100% chicken breast with a delicious crispy coating. Topped with tomato, lettuce, mayo, wrapped up in a corn dusted bun.

Its...

Also, shouldn't "corn dusted" be hyphenated?

Either way, now I'm hungry.

M.T. Cranium · 22-03-2015 01:54AM

Eye kant recal the last time me done one.

LordSutch · 22-03-2015 09:03AM

Wrongly punctuated Dublin phone numbers is another one.

I'm talking about badly advertised numbers on the side of vans and lorries, for example . . .

'Mickey Finne publishing'
Tel: 01 6 745 272

Another Dublin number might read,
Tel: 012 784 8 73

And one more made up example,
Tel: 01 28 06 535

Why people don't stick to the 01 Dublin 'phone book' format is beyond me.
Dublin (01), Area code (3 digits), followed by the allocated (4) digits for a given line.

bnt · 22-03-2015 12:38PM

One for the Dubliners: next time you're in Dundrum shopping centre, go to the Eason's on the top floor, and have a laugh at the Sokudo sign above the Sudoku magazines near the door. Just because it's a foreign word, doesn't mean you can just make it up as you go along. :pac:

Lisa78 · 01-04-2015 05:14PM

DBB wrote: »

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

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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 always thought the hairdresser was delibrate - they do a great job anyway :P

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