Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Wrong Spelling

Wrong spelling graffiti, LivornoI am not sure why it may rule here, but the name is Coney Island.Wrong spelling sign, LivornoThey got “Barber Shop” right, but “Stylist” was a “y” too far...

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20 comments:

Luis Gomez said...

You are very much right!

Anonymous said...

;) As life can only be understood backwards, but has to be lived forward, it it mostly afterwards that one discovers ...

Please have a good Tuesday.

daily athens

Anonymous said...

I enjoy signs and signs with misspellings are the best! Great shots! Enjoyed :)

Jack said...

Well, at least they have character.

Michelle said...

A little misspelling always provides some humor. Nice!

Bob Crowe said...

Salon is misspelled too. Coney Island's population is mostly Russian Jewish these days, so what's the impact on Italy?

Day4plus said...

No spell check??? LOL MB

Dina said...

I have a secret ambition to be a roving sign proofreader throughout the "English-speaking" world.

VP said...

@ Bob Crowe - 'Salone', if a bit old fashioned, was the proper Italian word for a barber shop long before fancier names came from abroad to be misspelled here!

Lucy Corrander : Photos said...

I like 'Stilist'.

Lucy

cieldequimper said...

Lol, this is so funny, just like the French going American with 'le jean's' or countless other examples!

Kaori said...

heehee! Great finds ;D

Gunn said...

Well, it is the same here, English is used more and more. I hope the owner of the sign "Stylist" will get a stylish new one...

Stefan Jansson said...

Always fun to point out misspellings. I will sometimes send emails to companies, where I claim to be very upset about the mistakes I see.

EG CameraGirl said...

Hmmm. You have excellent eyes to see mistakes in English, VP!

Birdman said...

Beware going public... spelling counts!

Halcyon said...

Were these shops in Pisa? ;)

Dina said...

Yeah, in USA also. I remember my grandmother would go to the beauty salon.

Unknown said...

I love this kind of finds. :-)

Francisca said...

Hehe... I must admit to being a bit of a grammar cop myself. Nice finds.