I mentioned the large numbers of flyers coming through the letter box and how I scan them to see if they are eligible for this site. A beauty of a candidate arrived a few weeks ago. At first scan I only saw the “availabul” typo. When I flipped the flyer over it got worse. It […]
Typo
Oui oui?
We all get tons of flyers (junk mail to many) in our letterboxes each day. I always give them a look over, to see if there is anything interesting, but also to scan for typos. Most are error free, but some have small issues (others not so small). This flyer is from some building contractors. […]
You say tomato, Tesco says Tamato
On a positive note shopping in my local Tesco is a pleasant experience at 8am on a Monday morning – fruit and veg well stocked, very few customers and no queue at the till. In the enthuasism to highlight the price of a vegetable fruit, someone mispelt “Tomato.” I would normally report a typo to […]
Blue is the new green
A few weeks ago I was collecting my wife and newborn son from Holles Street. Off to the parking meter with my collection of coins. As I fed the meter I noticed that the instructions tell people to Press Green Button For Ticket but the illustration beside this instruction shows a blue button. Are Dublin […]
Enough with the unnecessary apostrophes
I was in Smyths toy shop recently. Along one of the aisles was a note for staff about the evacuation plan in case of a fire. “Employee’s must walk not run…” – drop the apostrophe and consider adding a comma after “walk.” And don’t capitalise “Point.” Better still, drop over the to Borders Books and […]
Opperation
I was walking through Blanchardstown Centre at the weekend. There was a glaring typo on one of the parking signs. Opperation should drop the second ‘p’. Doesn’t anyone check these signs before they are printed? After they are printed? Before they are sent out? I hope the same typos aren’t at Connolly Hospital (groan). As […]