Fruit with a missing vowel
On a supermarket wall in Midland, Western Australia, they advertise fruit with missing vowels. Are they on special for this, or is it the usual rate? I’m hoping Nectarines without the requisite E taste great? Don’t fear – that is not an aposotrophe at the top of the blackboard, it’s the photograph that is cropped, [...]
Confectionary & Photocopy
Dear Deli owner, First, a quick note on spelling: confectionery is the product; whereas a confectionary is a purveyor of confections. I’m fairly sure you meant the former and not the latter, given the majority Propecia whithout prescription of the sign is taken up in categories of products, not your services. Then, about the last [...]
One job, hold the ice
Thanks to the whole Web2.0 movement, with websites being named Flickr, Resizr, Wishlistr, etc, it seems the Western Australian Government is embracing this when advertising for employees of their IT departments. This example, for Levitra pill whithout prescription a License Compliance Offr, was advertised in The Australian newspaper on 10 Feb 2007. Way back before [...]
Air Condition Re-Gas
The inner typographer in me finds humour in the name of the road, Fonts Place. I however don’t find the inner smile for shortening words just so they fit nicely on a sign. I mean, Air Condition Re-Gas – what is that exactly? Whilst I am waving my clenched fist at this sign, I also [...]
Men is Hairdressing
So, I need to ask Checkers…does someone called Men own this salon, or indeed is this some funky statement about ‘Men is Hairdressing’? I hope they take more care of where their scissors end up, than their apostrophes.
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