Archive for the ‘storefront typos’ Category



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This is from two contradicting storefront signs on Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY. Sent in by Thomas.

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Wouldn’t this be a good porn-star name?

Photo by Elizabeth in Jacksonville, FL, October 2005.

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Why can’t people understand that the apostrophe is for showing possession, not plurals?

Photo by Thomas at the Erie County (NY) Fair, August 13, 2005.

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What do the quotation marks around “Real” indicate?

barbershops are for

Sent in by Pheasance.

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Doesn’t everyone know the rule “I before E except after C” yet?

Apparently not the people at Lowe’s in Fredericksburg, VA:

Sent in by Pheasance.

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