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BugTeeny 
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:18pm |
OK, so call me anal retentive - but one of my hobbies is finding spelling/grammatical errors in signs (not that I'm always perfect, however).
This one just takes the cake.
I found it in Whitcoulls.....of all places...
And in the children's section no less..
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:21pm |
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Ahahahaha - That grinds my gears!
I hate that kinda thing.
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:22pm |
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And it wasn't like it was on one sign - it was all three!!
One at each end of the stand and one in the shop-front window!!
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:24pm |
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OMG it even looks stupid
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:25pm |
did you tell them? i wouldve told them 
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:35pm |
Oh dear. That kind of stuff winds me up too!
Here's a question for you though - why is "All you can eat!" OK but "Eat all you can!" sounds weird?? Try explaining THAT one to a taxi driver 
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:36pm |
Nope I bet Charly didnt tell them .. she's far too nice 
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 5:58pm |
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Drives me nuts too. I especially hate it when reading books or news articles - that's what editors are for aren't they?!
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:01pm |
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Argh, I know! Stuff is the worst for that! Very very irritating.
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:04pm |
omg lol, thats just stupid, how can they make such a lame mistake!!!
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:04pm |
Haha it took me forever to realise the problem! How sad is that! 
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:05pm |
I would have told them - I'm like you Charly.
My current hate is this teeshirt that DH got for Christmas.
I was with my sister when she got it and remarked I would have to get out the fabric pens to add an apostrophe - she was scandalised that I would say that within earshot of the staff. 
ETA: I actually like the teeshirt apart from that missing apostrophe.
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:14pm |
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I hate that too. There is a fruit stall here (a big commercial one) and the have SO many spelling mistakes. On their main front they have "Naturelly" Then inside they had Strawberrys, Boysonberrys, Rasberries and a place for Cherrie stones. Grrrrrr!!!! Muppets!!! I wont buy my fruit from them.
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:22pm |
 Bobbie wrote:
My current hate is this teeshirt that DH got for Christmas.
I was with my sister when she got it and remarked I would have to get out the fabric pens to add an apostrophe - she was scandalised that I would say that within earshot of the staff.
ETA: I actually like the teeshirt apart from that missing apostrophe. |
LOL - I would love that shirt if it had the apostrophe. It made me crack up. How annoying!
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:30pm |
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OMG! Where did you get that shirt???? My DH would LOVE it!!
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:08pm |
LOL I love the shirt
The spelling things crack me up more than they bother me. Charly, you better be nice to us all or we'll bombard you with incorrectly spelt pm's 
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:13pm |
lilfatty wrote:
Nope I bet Charly didnt tell them .. she's far too nice |
You know me all too well, my love
However, I was tempted. But having worked in retail since I was 15 I could just hear the conversations that poor staff member would be having around her dinner table that night
There was a sign down the road from me once - missing an apostrophe.
So I took the dog for a walk, with a vivid pen, and added it.
The following morning they had twinked out the apostrophe!!
And I love that t-shirt!
hahah Freesia, I don't mind it so much on here as I know that a lot of posts here are posted in a hurry without a lot of care (guilty!!!), but when it comes to things like that it really bugs me
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:39pm |
OMG I wonder if it is at all Whitcolls.
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:22pm |
Danaj wrote:
OMG! Where did you get that shirt???? My DH would LOVE it!! |
It's from www.mrvintage.co.nz
This is my fave from there at the moment but unfortunately none left in DH's size - otherwise he'd be getting it for next Christmas.
I can't believe those people twinked the apostrophe out Charly - you'd think they'd go and check and realise their mistake.
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:25pm |
I just told my friend who works at Whitcolls who laughed at it at well and said they have stupid people in Marketing. She is going to look at it tomorrow (if she goes in to work) and then ring marketing and give them schite.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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