You would think the new 99 cent store on Cortelyou would hire a native English speaker to proofread their awning before they put it up. You'd be wrong.Can you spot all 6 goofs and typos on the sign? And I'm not counting the American flags. They aren't officially mess-ups, more like just a cheap marketing tactic (like anything sold in the store would actually be made in America?).
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GIFTITEMS (space between these two)
HOUSE WARE (needs an S after ware)
SUPLY (needs another P)
99 c UP (needs an "&" or "AND")
TOY & ETC. (needs an S after TOY)
HEALTHY BEAUTY (should be HEALTH and BEAUTY)
incidentally, the ROTC place at my school did the same thing with "suply" except left out the "L" and had two P's instead. This was on a sign in two different places at the ROTC...nice!
it's just too stupid at this point. and why are there two $1 stores on Cortelyou Road?
That should be
HEALTH Y BEAUTY
:-)
what really bothers me is that the sign printing company didn't make a simple phone call and say, "hey, you know there are a lot of misspellings on this thing." after all, it is in their interest to make signs that reflect well on themselves as much as the business owners...
That assumes the sign makers have a better grasp of English than the business owners.
Much of sign creation is automated. Yes, there should be some proofing. But it is a $.99 store, after all. I'm sure they're trying to save money everywhere they can just to get the place open.
et tu, ampersand?
"&" = "et", so "& etc." = redundant, but fun.
"and and the rest"
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