Sounds ominous.

This doesn't quite fit with the theme of this blog, but it did make me and my wife chuckle when we saw it. Again, though, it does highlight the difference one or two letters can make.

Clumsy Writing

This is something that I have noticed a lot. Like in the previous post, where something is not 100% wrong; rather it leaves you thinking more about the sentence than what it is saying. Like this:



Is there really a need for the "OFF"? I don't think so. These redundant words (or pleonasms) are cropping up more often in professional documentation, and it bugs me considerably!

Although this is not wrong in a major way, it is quite clumsy. "If further requirements are needed..." So if I don't have enough requirements, they can give me some more?

Rising voice syndrome...

is bad enough in the spoken word. But when I "hear" it in the written word, the shivers travel even more violently down my spine. This photo was taken in M&S by a friend.

More "correction"

I love it when people "correct" things and therefore raise the need for it to be corrected again. This sign is to warn drivers that there are pedestrians crossing. Now it looks like only pedestrians can use the toilets.


The apostrophe has been added with a marker pen.

The shame continues!

Yet again the wonderful council I work for continue to astound me. This is posted on the same lifts as the one in the other post, but now they have gone one step further.

First Impressions Count.

This statement is so true, yet many fail to clear the hurdle without a glitch. This umbrella stand is the first thing to greet visitors to the very impressive council building in my city.



Umbrella's wet? The Umbrella's Bucket?