Wednesday 26 December 2007
Grammar Abuse in Signage – Xmas Special
In a way, we should thank the Romans for our annual excuse to eat and drink too much. If they hadn't got uppity with a certain beardy upstart and seen fit to nail him to a cross we would have never had cause to celebrate his birth.
Still, I'll never forgive them for crucifying Santa.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you, dear readers, for the support since GrammarBlog launched only 8 months ago. We're planning a few changes in the near future, all for your benefit, and I hope you will continue to enjoy reading the blog as much as we enjoy writing it. A special thank you goes out to all those who have contributed and commented, please continue to do so.
Before I have to get back to drunkenly rowing with relatives and falling asleep in front of Indiana Jones I have just enough time to present to you the entries for our Grammar Abuse in Signage Xmas special. (I really regret using 'Xmas'. I was kind of joking when I did so but every time I write it, a part of my soul dies – which is less than ideal.)
So without further ado, here they are – starting with the winning entry.
The fabulously monikered Garrett Coakley sent this in and writes, "This is the pub across the road from my flat on the London Road in Oxford. Depressingly this is the same sign from last year and they still haven't noticed. The place is a bit of a hole anyway, you can guarantee there will be a fight outside every Friday and Saturday evening."
Garrett receives 100 shiny Xmas GrammarBlog points for his submission. They're in the post.
Here are the best of the rest:
This was submitted by Julie but spotted by her son, aged eight. Julie did not say whether or not the boy had his photo "took" with Santa.
Alden spotted this at his local grocery store.
Oops, lookes like the marketing department at Home Depot was in a bit of a hurry to get this marketing email out.
From Francis.
From Martin in Glasgow.
The Smiths' what?
Merry Christmas, everyone.
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4 Comments:
If Morrissey ever contemplated a Smiths Christmas single (and you know, the contrary old nonce probably considered it), this would have been the cover.
Ooh! Hey! There's one of my photos here! It's strange reading a post on a site and then finding one of your photos on it.
Ooo, I won! And you spelt my name wrong *:) It's "Coakley", not "Croakley" (no r).
But thank you, I'll be sure to wander over to the pub to tell them
Did you notice those alphabet people are selling KIDS?
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