Archive for the ‘Grammar Police on Patrol’ Category
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
From the Westway Diner:
If you're out of the Bisc, I'll have the Bouilla Base. And the Crem Brulay for dessert. And can you play some music off this Compact Disque?
(Hat tip to longtime EVI fan Tyler)
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Offender: A. friend's "landlord" in. "Williamsburg"
Location: One "offending" sign. on "every single floor" of the building.
At least it appears that he tried to put the period inside the quotation marks.
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
This Chinese Mexican place in Park Slope needs some consulting work to come up with a new slogan.
What's odd, however, is that this isn't the first time I've seen this abomination of a slogan. I remember when the exact same slogan - "The Fresh Tortillas As Taco Tex-Mexican Food" was printed on the take-out menus a few years ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Offender: "Jackson Hole Mountain Resort"
Location: "The Men's Restroom"
Um, thanks, but I'd rather actually flush than just "flush."
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Offender: The MTA!
Location: The Grand Central Shuttle Platform!
Nobody gets this excited about riding the subway.
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Seen in the ice cream case at Cafe Duke, an Asian marketplace and deli in Midtown:
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
There's a new deli opening on 14th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues called City Gourmet. It looks pretty nice on the inside, with some flatscreen TVs and ample seating, and the menu looks pretty decent, too. But I don't know if I can forgive them for this god-awful banner.
The new ...
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
I saw this in the elevator of a friend's apartment building. No wonder they can't keep a computer running - they can't even grasp basic word usage concepts.
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Things I have come to learn about Rhode Islanders:
They are bad drivers (the worst in the nation!)
They elect and re-elect corrupt politicians, then give them jobs as radio hosts when they get out of jail.
They need instructions in order to operate an elevator:
In the elevator at the Kingston, RI railroad ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
SHOCKING NEWS: Duane Reade employees are inept... and poor sign makers, to boot.
(Seen at the same Duane Reade that had Coca Cola Classick on sale last week)
This sign went up early this week. You know, because if I haven't gotten the Harry Potter book yet, I'm really going to be enticed to ...
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