Archive for the ‘restaurant typos’ Category
December 9th, 2009 | 
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Location: What’s the Scoop restaurant, Primos, PA.
Typo: Misspelling – Flavore (although perhaps that’s Italian for flavor?)
Categories: Restaurant, Sign
Typo spotted by: Lisa Wetherby
Typo Capture Method: Camera Phone
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mechanical, originally uploaded by adaminhull.
Adam found a cornucopia of typos in this coupon from IHOP.
There are too many typos to list.
Submitted by Corey Lewis (through Thomas).
Thomas thinks the typos are intentional, in order to make the food with which they are served seem like it is more Chinese and less Chinese-American. Either that, or the words were scanned in by an OCR (optical character recognition) scanner by someone who doesn’t proofread English very well.
The “a” should be after “holding”.
This was on the door of a Chinese restarant…
This camera-phone picture shot by Christine, August 2006.
Creative spelling and random use of quotation marks make this sign especially noteworthy.
Taken by Pheasance at Hala’s Cafe, Jacksonville, FL.
Erroneous apostrophe use could probably have its own website.
Taken by Pheasance in Indianapolis, IN, June 2004.
Perhaps this restaurant only serves sweets to those who earn the privilege. “Deserts” (short “e” in the first syllable) are dry places. “Deserts” (long “e” in the first syllable) are what one deserves. “Desserts” are yummy.
Taken by Pheasance at Amici’s Italian restaurant, Indianapolis, IN.
The author apparently believed that quotations marks add emphasis. Actually, they add doubt.
Submitted by Pheasance, from a McDonald’s in Indianapolis, IN.