Archive for the ‘Fun with Signs’ Category

Spelling Therapy

  • October 10th, 2011

At least the sign painter didn’t add an apostrophe to “walk-ins.”
Theraputic

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Lips Makin’

  • October 3rd, 2011

Lips makin' by ConanTheGrammarianSo let me get this straight…lips are makin’ the grub? Those are some talented lips!

Lips makin’, a photo by ConanTheGrammarian on Flickr.
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Reciprocals or Receptacles?

  • September 6th, 2011

It’s so sensitive, in fact, that it demands a reciprocal relationship.

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Closer to Heaven=Farther from a Dictionary

  • August 9th, 2011

When Your in the Mountains

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Peoples National Bank

  • July 8th, 2011

A bank of the peoples, by the peoples and for the peoples. Seen in Monument, Colo.

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Would You Buy a Sign From These People?

  • March 17th, 2011

DANGER! You may misspell “attention” if you don’t pay attention!

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Right Store. Right Price. Wrong Spelling.

  • February 28th, 2011

This isn’t how to spell the synonym for danger. It is, however, the right spelling for the county from which Bo and Luke hail. I just pray that the error doesn’t cost lives in a tragic store fire.

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Fun with Signs #2

  • December 4th, 2010

This heart-felt yuletide sentiment was spotted in our local King Soopers and falls under the heading of “Let’s try it both ways because one of them’s bound to be right.” I know I don’t have to explain to you the circumstances under which you would use an apostrophe with “lot.” (The list below is for all those others.)

1. To turn the noun possessive, as in “The outhouse belongs on that lot’s northeast corner.”

2. As a contraction of the noun “lot” and the verb “is,” as in “That property lot’s in a bad location.”

3. And finally, when you’re referring to the biblical Abraham’s cousin’s wife, who turned into a salt lick.

And really, King Soopers. Blaming Jill? Bad form.

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Fun with Signs #1

  • October 27th, 2010

A year supply…is that like a power supply? Or an air supply? Suddenly, I’m feeling like I’m all out of love…

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