Monthly Archives: October 2007

Give me that old time religious abuse

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Scott writes:

I am hoping that this will live up to the claim of “Oldest Cited Example”!

I have attached [a photo] of an old religious poster. Of interest is the text on the lines from Earth at the bottom to Heaven on the right — “40 DAY’S, WAY’S”. (I also like how “God, Jesus, and the Angles” are advertised as living in heaven!)

I found this display at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, VA. There is no placard for the poster in question, but in context of the notes around the display, I think it should be dated in the early 1800s.

Stoves & Spa’s

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Stephanie sent in a photo of this storefront in Puyallup, WA:

This has been driving me crazy the entire year we’ve lived here. What kills me is that it’s punctuated wrong on the big neon sign, but punctuated correctly in several other locations on the storefront, one of which I couldn’t even get in the shot. So why do it wrong on the BIGGEST and BOLDEST advertisement for your store?? Unless they only realized it once it was too late…

Giant abuse from the Tate

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Annelisa writes in with:

The Tate has one of the best museum sites in the whole world – yet
check out the size of this fantastic illiteracy! What point size that, 24?

She also points out the bonus mistake just under the picture:

Marina Warner introduces Paula Rego’s new illustrations for Charlotte Bront’s Jane Eyre

That should be Bronte’s, of course… unless they intended the apostrophe to pull double duty, showing possession *and* omission! 😉