Archive for the ‘Unintended meanings’ Category

Life vests from the people who brought you the software that takes 6 minutes to display a page of text.
Photo by Peter Carter, via e-mail
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- PDF should be PFD (personal floatation device)

It’s like a cross between jai alai and synchronized swimming.
Photo by Kenn Nesbitt, via e-mail
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- I’m not familiar with “Advanced Aquarium Tennis”
- “ARE OPEN” should be “IS OPEN” if in reference to the facility in which you play Aquarium Tennis

Never trust an arrow marked “Krap” that is pointing up.
Photo by Karen Kramer, via e-mail
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- “PARK” might have made more sense written top to bottom

Would that SL Buggs had himself made a “mute” point and spared us the gritting of our teeth.
Photo by Lana, via e-mail
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- “mute point” should actually be “moot point”

Along with some spaces.
Photo by Matt Garrett, via e-mail
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- The word “MAYBE” should be two words: “MAY BE”

Shame… that would have been a really clever title for the fish menu.
Photo by sanbeiji @ Flickr
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- “Gilled” should be “Grilled”

So much for women loving a bad boy.
Photo by someToast @ Flickr
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- “head” should be “ahead”
- “Free” should be “We will pay you $100 to watch this movie”

The “fast food is garbage” meme may merit further consideration.
Photo by Mark Jaquith
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- “take-out” should be “take out” to avoid giving the impression that the trash they haul is repurposed as food
- There are multiple capitalization inconsistencies

Half a cent? Seems steep.
Photo by Tiffany Klein, via e-mail
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- “.50¢” should either be “$0.50″ or “50¢”
- “and any order at less in $3.00″ should probably say “on any order less than $3.00″
- “all Debit or Credit Cards” could have been “for all Debit and Credit Cards”
- There is inconsistent capitalization throughout the sign

Obama: now with 50% less cotton.
Photo by Fergus Gallagher, via e-mail
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- The sentence lacks a verb
- The d in “BREEd” and the i in “MUSLiN” should be capitalized
- “MUSLiN” should say “MUSLIM”
- Barack Obama isn’t a Muslim