I hope you all appreciate today’s post, because taking this picture required that I pull into the parking lot of a porn shop in a sleazy part of town. I doubt the patrons of the shop give any kind of hoot about spelling and grammar, so it’s up to me to make fun of the fact that “remodel” is misspelled on BOTH sides of this sign.
Thank you for your sacrifice in the name of good spelling.
I forgot to mention it at the time, but my 4th of July post required that I stop in the parking lot of one of those “happy ending” spas. Good thing this city isn’t small enough for me to be easily recognizable, or the rumors would be starting right about now.
I don’t think a spelling test is part of the interview process to become a porn shop employee.
It certainly should be! What if someone was seeking a title like “Private Parts” and got “Primate Parts” instead? These things make a difference!
What is equally shocking to me is the fact that ANYONE would care to stop in and check out their remodeling!! LOL
No joke! Then again, this is the same shop that advertises plus-size lingerie. I guess they like to reach out to anyone and everyone!
Not to mention the local Pubic Library…
HA!
From one grammar snob to another, I love your blog!
Thank you! I’m glad to hear it!
I love this blog. I’ve nominate you for the Lovely Blog award. You can read about it here: http://bit.ly/NHFrAF. Thanks for always making me laugh, and teaching me to always triple-check signs.
Geez, I meant nominated. Guess even a triple-check didn’t save me there. Haha.
While this kind of spelling thing pisses me off a bit, nothing rubs me up the wrong way quite like a wrongly-placed apostrophe. Grrr. IT’S not that hard… It’s great to find a fellow pedant in a world of terrible ‘speelers’ and people who use grammar ‘wrong’ – Great blog! Also, do you find tautologies as annoying as I do? They’re for stupid idiots and melodramatic over-exaggerators only…
Tautologies drive me nuts! What was the one I saw the other day? I passed a sign that said “Buy one entree, get a second free entree for no additional cost.” Uh…I would hope there’s no additional cost if it’s free. I wanted to get a picture of it but it was a bad place to maneuver through traffic. Long story short: yes, I hate those stupid things!