July 28, 2008: Remeber

[Sundae]

Ah Bruce I cringed for you when I saw the title. I should have known better! I don't really get the sign, but I like the drowning man motif

I hear a lot about how children today aren't taught to read and write properly.
But the signs I see in shops, the handwritten adverts, the mistakes on pub menu's (deliberate) are all by people 30+.

I also know quite a few men 50, 60, 80+ who are functionally illiterate. Including my Grandad. And my Dad's dyslexia was never picked up at school - which he left at 14 having missed plenty of time due to illness anyway. His spelling is still a wonder to behold.

Just saying.

[ZenGum]

The last time I saw a Greengrocer's apostrophe was on the "sale" signs of a major department store. As my eyes rolled, I noticed that the only two signs that featured the stray apostrophes were "Pen's" and "Book's" - both products aimed at the sort of anal nerds who notice such things. Amusing coincidence, or deliberate manipulative marketing?
I fled the store before the subliminal messages in the background music could worm their way into my head, and hummed loudly to block them out as I went. And I needed that new fondue set, anyway.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I don't really get the sign, but I like the drowning man motif

The drowning man is in a mudhole, in the middle of the road. In farm country, a lot of the roads are not paved, better for animals and machinery. But in very wet years, like this one, road maintenance is a full time job. And the sign suggests someone has not been doing that/their job.