Pedantic antics

[webofevil]

I got my local corner shop to correct a spelling error today. "The guy who wrote it, he can't write!" cried the owner when I pointed it out. They're mostly Pakistanis, with the odd Afghan thrown in (a friend of mine recognised some Dari being spoken, a result of her policy of knowing about ten words of every language ever coined).

I wouldn't normally quibble over spelling errors in hand-written signs in shops - if I did, I would have died of apoplexy long ago. In this case, though, it was for their own sake, as the local kids round here can be rough, and wouldn't have given the staff any quarter over their proud announcement of their special offer on "Diet Cock".

Comments

[pipistrellus.livejournal.com]

That is beautiful.

[offensive-mango.livejournal.com]

Of course, cock can be fattening at certain times of the month.

[internetsdairy.livejournal.com]

Our school holiday to Belgium was mainly a success because that's how all the waitresses pronounced it. "Cock for you?" There isn't much funnier when you are 13.