Found outside a building where I work… it actually probably took them significant extra effort to add the apostrophe in, and it’s just so painfully wrong it makes me want to poke things in my eyes. On the plus side, “butt can” is fun to say.
Thanks, John!
The Canadian packaging of Crest toothpaste for kids has an errant apostrophe.
It looks like they just reused the US graphic for “KID’S”: in the US packaging of the toothpaste, it’s labelled “KID’S Crest” — which, as Alex points out in the comments, should actually be “KIDS’ Crest”.
Spotted at Brindles Marketplace on Camano Island.
In addition to “Seafood’s”, the logo for the store shows “Brindles”, but much of the text on the website refers to “Brindle’s”.
While visiting San Juan Island this weekend, we were treated to these lovely errant apostrophes:
(No, “Burrito’s” was not the name of the restaurant)
Photographed at the Tel-Aviv central bus station:
(Thanks, Eli!)
NYTimes:
Critic’s Choice: New DVD’s
(Thanks, Erin!)
…a scan from the back side of the petition for Washington state initiative 920, which would repeal the state’s inheritance tax.
Ironically, the revenue from the estate tax is earmarked for education and could help teach people about punctuation.
(Thanks, Greg!)
Web comic from http://www.nataliedee.com:
I found this surfing the other day and thought it a pretty egregious example, along the lines of those grating signs one sees in stores labeling the departments “mens”, “womens”, etc. Do you believe this is an actual ommitted apostrophe or a parody of those signs?
(Thanks, Evan!)
Seen along the Fremont Solstice Parade route.
This was sent to Windows Live Mail beta testers this morning.
Spotted at Hoffman’s Bakery in Santa Cruz.
“Fluffy Three Egg Omelet’s” are featured on their online menu.
Seen at the Pappasito’s Cantina in the airport in Houston, TX. Oddly enough, the printed menu and chalkboard renderings of “margaritas” didn’t include the apostrophe.
