Have you stop to really pay attention to the prints in some ads or on signs? I have been noticing that the people who put ads or signs out to public places do not check their spelling! It is so annoying . I understand when they are using PUN but what about when they are not? Is it that difficult to check spelling before posting these ads?
Like my title  Hair It Izz, I know these folks are using pun and it is smart. This is the name of a barber shop. I have seen even posts on my university campus with incorrect spelling! Yes!
             Here are a few examples of some of the stuff I have seen in ads, on posters and business places permanent signs. Recently, while reading an ad on campus I saw this sentence: It will be anD enticing evening! People come on. The word AND should have been AN. Next in an ad I saw on my mailbox : Come out and meAt new people! Are you kidding me? This seemed to me that whomever attended were cannibalized! As far as my memory serves me, the correct word should have been meEt. One of the most common ones I have seen is this one: toMMorrow... Could we just take a moment to spell check before posting? The word spelt with one letter M and two letter Rs. So it would be tomoRRow.
             Can you imagine eating at a restaurant where they have bad spelling? The same errors they make in their spellings may have spilled over in their recipes and their incorrect proportions in their recipes! This is serious. On a popular restaurant here in Georgia which has been around for over 15 years, they have this beautiful painted sign on their glass : CaRRibean Restaurant...Caribbean has One letter R and two letter Bs. I hope these people who painted this sign were not from the CariBBean!
               Sometimes I get or take the opportunity to let the folks responsible about these errors but at times you have no contact for some. Shame, shame, shame! We should start putting a ticketing system in place where persons guilty of these incorrect spellings in ads and on public readings be charged.What do you think?
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