Monday, 11 August 2008
Organic food in a hurry
This mistake is worryingly common and makes me chuckle every time I see it.
This is also one of those errors that I have to verbally correct when I hear spoken. I can often be seen in the queue at Starbucks obnoxiously hissing at some poor soul, "Esssssssspresso!".
I can't help it; it's a compulsion.
Labels: foreign language spelling errors, photos, signage, spelling
posted by Gez at 6:24 pm
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Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Grammar abuse in signage - part 9
This one has everything.
Unnecessary quotation marks? Check.
Irritating marketing spelling (thru)? Check.
Apostrophe abuse? Check.
Unnecessary capitalisation? Check.
Spelling error? Check.
Heaven preserve us.
Labels: apostrophe abuse, foreign language spelling errors, marketing copy, photos, punctuation, quote me happy, randomised caps, signage, spelling, top ten
posted by Gez at 4:21 pm
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007
As I Like's It
More gastronomic & linguistic innovation from As You Like It.
Apologies for the poor quality photo; I must have been shaking with contempt when I noticed that their latest menu referred to "Gateaux's & Cakes".
UPDATE: Here's an article discussing the above issue.
Labels: apostrophe abuse, As You Like It, foreign language spelling errors, menus, photos, The List
posted by Tom at 7:55 pm
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Monday, 25 June 2007
French Letters
This is a double-pronged sin. The restaurant, in their smattered employment of French, have been deliberately abstruse so as to seem better, nay classier, than they really are, and then managed to do that wrongly. This brings to mind broadsheet columnists and their incongruous deployment of Latin phrases.
Malmaison, with your 'Wow-factor suites' and ambiguous invite for us to ‘Eat, drink and sleep it’, welcome to The List.
Labels: foreign language spelling errors, Malmaison, menus, The List
posted by Dan at 11:24 am
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