Doctor Grumpy in the House: My Reederz Rite

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

My Reederz Rite

I'd like to thank my reader Beverley, who sent this picture. She says it was in the window of a Tesco supermarket in the U.K.

14 comments:

Julie said...: Obviously without cream lollies the signwriter and proof-reader are unable to do their jobs adequately.

Lack of coffee has the same effect on me!; April 1, 2010 at 12:21 AM
Anonymous said...: Looks like the print shop is having unforeseen technical issues of their own.; April 1, 2010 at 12:54 AM
Kim Kasch said...: I had no idea what a cream lollie was. Should have known: ice cream lolly

Guess I can't think outside or inside the novelty box; April 1, 2010 at 2:14 AM
Anonymous said...: what's a cream lollie?; April 1, 2010 at 3:46 AM
Anthony said...: OK, I thought I could read English. I understand every word but have no idea what the sign actually means other than no cream lollies.; April 1, 2010 at 4:14 AM
River said...: My English teacher would be spinning in her grave if she saw that sign.; April 1, 2010 at 4:51 AM
The RPh said...: This is a perfect example of why people should read their signs, letters, notes, etc OUT LOUD before printing...WOW...; April 1, 2010 at 8:24 AM
mike said...: You can spell "technical" but not "ice"? WTF?; April 1, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Christine-Megan said...: So THAT'S that Queen's English?; April 1, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Anonymous said...: Is cream,
Us cream
We alls cream...; April 1, 2010 at 9:49 AM
lbparker said...: Unfortunately, I'm seeing more and more of this. Apparently spelling and grammar are no longer taught either in US or UK schools. I even see newspaper/magazine articles, which supposedly have a proofreading process, with multiple errors.

People rely too much on the computer's spell-checker, and not on another set of eyes (proofreader).

wv= unkegr: what should be done to sober up enough to proofread?; April 1, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Anonymous said...: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." W.J.C.; April 1, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Anonymous said...: How about 'We're out of ice cream mix and won't have any 'til tomorrow? Sorry!'

I just love poorly spelled signs. It give me cause to wonder, as well as a feeling of superiority (if I think I know what the sign is supposed to mean).

With this sign from the UK, one has to think that the printer may actually be spelling somewhat phonetically.; April 1, 2010 at 5:18 PM
student dr. blaze said...: the best sign like this that i ever saw was taped to a table that was partly collapsed. it read:

"table broken please."

my friend stole it. she probably still has it to this day. :-); April 1, 2010 at 9:52 PM

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