Annoyingly misspelled local places: a thread for Donna Ferentes

[Orang Utan]

In Brixton rec, the signs on the running machines say:

AT PEEK TIMES.....

It annoys me every time I'm in there.

Perhaps it's a sign for the gym voyeurists

 

[hiccup]

But hiccup mentioned grammatical errors, not spelling errors.

Apologies for any confusion. I was referring to Belgium not Belgian, the apostrophe in pannini's, and the way pannini's was spelt (I thought it was a single N - could well be wrong though).

 

[corporate whore]

In Brockwell Park at the fag end of last week, the legend

FUN FAIR HEAR THIS WEEK END

on a chalk board.

 

[Loki]

Restaurants are notorious for misspelling stuff Someone should start a site. I couldn't find one with google.

 

[belboid]

Apologies for any confusion. I was referring to Belgium not Belgian, the apostrophe in pannini's, and the way pannini's was spelt (I thought it was a single N - could well be wrong though).

you seem to be right, as was gaijingirl, so three mistakes in one word! and five in all

pa·ni·no n.
pl. pa·ni·ni (-n)

An Italian sandwich made usually with vegetables, cheese, and grilled or cured meat.

 

[hiccup]

One of my favourite things about India was the variety of ways people managed to spell the word omelette/omlet/omelet/etc

 

[Derian]

Apologies for any confusion. I was referring to Belgium not Belgian, the apostrophe in pannini's, and the way pannini's was spelt (I thought it was a single N - could well be wrong though).

Yes you are right, panino/panini.

(Post crossed with Belboid's, sorry)

 

[laptop]

I know but I can't find the umlaut on my keyboard...

Es ist dafuer, wir Englischen „ue” schreiben koennen!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My spelling is getting worse. I spell words on what looks right in my head. If you see something misspelled enough times it starts to supplant the correct spelling in one's visual memory. Well that's how it works for me. If I get asked for a spelling I have to close my eyes and see it in my head or write it down.

 

[Orang Utan]

Es ist dafuer, wir Englischen „ue” schreiben koennen!

I don't speak German. My great uncle didn't get shot down for nothing.

 

[Derian]

I know but I can't find the umlaut on my keyboard - I can only find é!

Alt + 129 should do it

or you could use Laptop's dipthong (the Babelfish translation of which was "It is for it, we Englishchen "ue" to write can!" )

 

[Orang Utan]

Alt + 129 should do it

Simulataneously?
I tried it both ways, but nothing happened

 

[Loki]

Or Start -> Run -> type Charmap -> OK (think you need MS word installed)

 

[Derian]

Simulataneously?
I tried it both ways, but nothing happened

For me it works if you keep alt pressed down, then press 1 then 2 then 9
ü

 

[Orang Utan]

Or Start -> Run -> Charmap -> OK (think you need MS word installed)

Ü - whahey! Far too much messing around for that though!

 

[belboid]

or alt u on a mac

ü

 

[clandestino]

Precisely... it was and still is an annoyingly misspelled local place... it shouldn't have an apostrophe either!!

aw, don't pick on mr cheap potatoe's. as i used to live around the corner from it, i have a great deal of affection for the old place. seeing the sign never annoyed me - just made me smile. i'm glad the new place has an equally as incorrect name.

if i remember rightly, they even managed to move the shop and still keep the misspelling. it was on the north side of acre lane first, then moved to the south, which is where it is now - i think that's right. it was definitely on the north side when i lived on solon road. i was very impressed that they went to all of the effort of getting a new sign but still didn't spot the mistake. or, better still, knew and didn't care.

viva mr cheap potatoe's!

 

[laptop]

Alt + 129 should do it

Press and hold the Alt key.
Type 129 on the numeric keypad, not the top row.
Let go of the Alt key.
(If you have a laptop you have to press a Fn key combination to make some letters into a numeric keypad - and then re0e0ber t6 t4rn 5t 6ff aga5n!)

or you could use Laptop's dipthong (the Babelfish translation of which was "It is for it, we Englishchen "ue" to write can!" )

Alles ist nun klar

 

[Derian]

Anyone spot my spelling mistake? Should have been diphthong....

I always have problems with that one.

 

[gaijingirl]

aw, don't pick on mr cheap potatoe's. as i used to live around the corner from it, i have a great deal of affection for the old place. seeing the sign never annoyed me - just made me smile. i'm glad the new place has an equally as incorrect name.

if i remember rightly, they even managed to move the shop and still keep the misspelling. it was on the north side of acre lane first, then moved to the south, which is where it is now - i think that's right. it was definitely on the north side when i lived on solon road. i was very impressed that they went to all of the effort of getting a new sign but still didn't spot the mistake. or, better still, knew and didn't care.

viva mr cheap potatoe's!

Ah no.. I'm not picking on him.... just repeating the thread title... although I do always think that the family who run it are extremely reminiscent of the shopkeepers in the League Of Gentlemen (local vegetables for local people!).. I hope they don't read this and get offended...

I used to find him very useful for veg when I was living down that way...

 

[belboid]

Anyone spot my spelling mistake? Should have been diphthong....

I always have problems with that one.

I imagine that must be a frequent problem.

 

[Derian]

I imagine that must be a frequent problem.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Does that cafe near Herne Hill station still use the word Carribean?

St Ippollitts in Hertfordshire used to be notorious for having road signs in the vicinity spelling its name in three different ways.

Long Hanborough, in Oxfordshire, is served by a station called Long Handborough.

 

[lang rabbie]

My pedantic blood boils at the street signs with the redundant word in "Forum Magnum Square" (between Belvedere Road and York Road behind County Hall.

I've never managed to track down which Lambeth officer or councillor approved this dumbing down.

On reflection, I should probably be more annoyed by the developers who thought up such a pretentious title, which is unlikely to ever be a marketplace.

 

[Bob]

My pedantic blood boils at the street signs with the redundant word in "Forum Magnum Square" (between Belvedere Road and York Road behind County Hall.

I've never managed to track down which Lambeth officer or councillor approved this dumbing down.

On reflection, I should probably be more annoyed by the developers who thought up such a pretentious title, which is unlikely to ever be a marketplace.

I always wonder what on earth it means? Can you tell me?

 

[trashpony]

I always used to like the key/shoe shop in Camberwell which said they did them 'Y U Wait'.

Cue lots of 'why you wait?' Dunno, why you wait?' conversations. And that was next to that fab shop that said 'reliable goods, reasonably priced, pleasantly sold.' And no, there aren't any grammatical errors in that, I just really like it.

 

[hiccup]

There is a café near me that used to have a sign outside proudly announcing that they sold:


BREAKFAST
LUNNCH
DINNER


Which always struck me as an odd spelling mistake. I was quite sad when they got a new sign a couple of months ago though.

 

[lang rabbie]

I always wonder what on earth it means? Can you tell me?

Google it for yourself!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

ooh er...a funny thing happened on the way to the forum magnum 'in which commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place.'

 

[Bob]

ooh er...a funny thing happened on the way to the forum magnum 'in which commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place.'

They missed out crack dealing.