(Thanks, Randy!)
Monthly Archives: November 2008
London shopping mall overrun by apostrophes
Uncle Giuseppes’ Marketplace
Who is 2001 book…
Beware of Dog’s
Vanessa writes:
Beware of dog’s what? Bark? Bite? Breath? I found this walking around the richest & most influential neighborhood in Manila. I know that English isn’t the first language here in the Philippines, but what most people lack in fluency they usually make up for with their knowledge of proper grammar and punctuation.
We’ve seen dog’s like this before…
Ya’ll don’t know how to abbreviate
Lara writes:
Here is a photo from a BBQ place in Elgin, Texas.
I’m also a little dubious of their parentheses.
See also: Ya’ll vs. Y’all
Hells Belle’s
Anonymous writes:
I found this on a friend’s myspace page. (So I’d prefer you don’t credit me with sending in the picture.) I had to laugh because not only is there a random unnecessary apostrophe in “belle’s” but the apostrophe that SHOULD be in “hells” is missing. I don’t think it was done to be funny… these women are both really just that dumb.
Amazing.
Anonymous sent me this in September… I’m slowing slowly working through the backlog, folks!
Tyra’s Ladie’s
WAXYS (no, this isn’t a random jumbling of letters)
Rebecca writes:
Attached is an example of apostrophe neglect running rampant on the streets of San Antonio’s famous River Walk.