I took this picture at an Exxon gas station in Athens, AL yesterday. 
The most shocking part to me is that they spelled "receipt" correctly, but not "available."
And is it wrong that as SOON as I saw the sign, I quickly grabbed my camera and thought, "I have GOT to blog about this!"?
All for you, bloggy peeps. I'm here to serve.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Seriously?
Posted by 3girlsmom at 10:30 PM
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If this is wrong, then I do not want to be right. ABAILALBE? That is amazing, and I thank you. Goodnight.
That is hilarious! IT's me without spell check! =)
That just blows me away. My daughter has one college professor who actually takes points off for spelling and grammar. ONE. AND, this is may all-time favorite spelling story, and it's TRUE:
My husband was hiring a new admin assistant. He asked her to take dictation and then type what he had dictated. She did as she was told and brought back the typed document for his review. It began:
DO to the fact...
He said "no, you've misspelled the first word."
"Oh, I'm sorry," she said, and went back to retype it.
She presented it again. It said:
DEW to the fact...
Incredulous, he thanked her for her time and said, "Don't call us, we'll call you."
Well, not really, on that last part, but suffice to say, she wanted asked to join us.
To my second grade teacher, Mrs. Williams, who was the toughest teacher I ever had (I'm not kidding) when it came to spelling, grammar and handwriting:
THANK YOU A HUNDRED TIMES OVER!!
Sorry, Robyn. Can you tell I'm a little passionate about this topic??
Okay, I've just caught errors in my own rant about spelling and grammar!
"this may BE my all-time favorite..."
"hiring a new admin-assistant..."
"she WASN'T asked to join us..."
Those would've never gotten past Mrs. Williams.
I'm a spelling fanatic too!
I'm abailable for tutoring iF anyone needs it1 :)
oops.... capital F instead of f; 1 instead of !, I never claimed to be a typing fanatic!
Here ya' go:
http://tinyurl.com/9sjrda
Unbeliebable. The sign, not that you took a picture.
Because I am this!!
Too funny, but I'm a little afraid of posting for fear I make a spelling mistake or twelve.
Spelling correctly? Apparently it and good grammar are quickly becoming very dated. Not in my world.
the capital "I" is a nice touch also...
though i live in a glass house concerning grammar and spelling and i shall cast no more stones...
Ha Ha!
It's a possibilty that they were Hispanic owners. Which is still no excuse as to why they wouldn't check for correctness before putting it on a sign.
Anyways.. I've taken 2 years of Spanish classes. The Spanish "V" makes a "B" sound. That's probably where the confusion came from.
But isn't it funny how you can come to the U.S., open a store, yet still aren't required to know English. God bless us!
Have a good day!
<3-Mallory
I'm sure the person who wrote that is Russian. :-) In Russian, the letter B says V!
If you liked "abailable," you might enjoy one of my favourite comedy blogs:
http://www.engrish.com/
People take pictures of the most horrific translations and mispellings they can find! :)
I simply cannot take off my editor glasses - no matter where I go.
CRINGE!
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