My local bakery sells gateaux's as well as sausage roll's and - surprisingly - plain 'sandwichs'. I feel an urge to add the apostrophy when I pass their bill- board!
When the 'Burger Wisconsin' was re-named in town they put up a sign saying it was 'formally Burger Wisconsin'. Kept me laughing every time I went past it for years...
P.E.A., your mention of gateaux's reminds to try a Sahara dessert sometime. After all, there's no excuse, given it seems to be so common ;^)
Zhoen, I'm sure if Coca-cola ended in an 's' the signwriter would have included an apostrophe there, too.
Andrew, that's brilliant. One of my all-time favourites was, I trust, a simple typo: a menu at a restaurant offered what was presumably intended to be a 'Black Angus steak'. Unfortunately, someone had omitted the 'g' from 'Angus'.
No funny menu entries to share (chain restaurants abound here and we're still exploring for 'local flavor'), but I did learn (fyi) that Asa Griggs Candler was a native Georgian who was a well-known druggist here in Atlanta when he bought the formula for Coca-Cola. The carvings on the Candler Building downtown are some of my favorite photographic subjects.
This could be so many places around the world, but this time it's Whanganui's Saturday morning market. I suppose it's only a single misplaced apostrophe if one assumes the vendor's name is Hot Chip.
My local bakery sells gateaux's as well as sausage roll's and - surprisingly - plain 'sandwichs'. I feel an urge to add the apostrophy when I pass their bill- board!
ReplyDeleteAnd Hot Dog.
ReplyDeleteSo, two misplaced apostrophes.
When the 'Burger Wisconsin' was re-named in town they put up a sign saying it was 'formally Burger Wisconsin'. Kept me laughing every time I went past it for years...
ReplyDeleteP.E.A., your mention of gateaux's reminds to try a Sahara dessert sometime. After all, there's no excuse, given it seems to be so common ;^)
ReplyDeleteZhoen, I'm sure if Coca-cola ended in an 's' the signwriter would have included an apostrophe there, too.
Andrew, that's brilliant. One of my all-time favourites was, I trust, a simple typo: a menu at a restaurant offered what was presumably intended to be a 'Black Angus steak'. Unfortunately, someone had omitted the 'g' from 'Angus'.
Proof-reading menus is always a fun game, although I'd probably be asked to leave if I found one as amusing as that. :)
ReplyDeleteNo funny menu entries to share (chain restaurants abound here and we're still exploring for 'local flavor'), but I did learn (fyi) that Asa Griggs Candler was a native Georgian who was a well-known druggist here in Atlanta when he bought the formula for Coca-Cola. The carvings on the Candler Building downtown are some of my favorite photographic subjects.
ReplyDeleteKeep looking, Barbara — I'm sure you'll find something hilarious :^) And I wonder whether Candler had any idea what his purchase would turn into?
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