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Thread poster: Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 19:13
English to German
Nov 13, 2008

... or at least not in order to do certain things:

http://assets.comics.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/200000/60000/5000/400/265470/265470.full.gif

Could have been me.
Ricki
 
Daina Jauntirans
Daina Jauntirans  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:13
German to English
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Here's more Nov 13, 2008

Ricki, I love these guys. Here's an article about them:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-typo-guys-0521may21,0,6902266.story
 
Giuseppina Gatta, MA (Hons)
Giuseppina Gatta, MA (Hons)
English to Italian
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I should join them... Nov 13, 2008

...I keep on finding spelling errors here in Las Vegas even on street name signs, and pretty much everywhere else. My hands are itching
 
tectranslate ITS GmbH
tectranslate ITS GmbH
Local time: 19:13
German
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Oh. My. God. Nov 14, 2008

I've been tempted for a long time to start doing the same thing. This kind of mistakes on signs and letterings is very common in Germany, too.

There's this one that bugs me every time I drive by it. It says "Schillerstrasse" and one of these days I'll come by at night and change it to "Schillers Trasse" just to make a point (you have to be German to understand, I'm afraid.)

Also, while reading the comments on the Chicago Tribune Article, I noticed someone complaining ab... See more
I've been tempted for a long time to start doing the same thing. This kind of mistakes on signs and letterings is very common in Germany, too.

There's this one that bugs me every time I drive by it. It says "Schillerstrasse" and one of these days I'll come by at night and change it to "Schillers Trasse" just to make a point (you have to be German to understand, I'm afraid.)

Also, while reading the comments on the Chicago Tribune Article, I noticed someone complaining about "Ladie's room" signs. A wicked thought then popped into my mind and I started a Google search for "laddie's room". The results are hilarious, as evidenced by literary tidbits such as this one. The Internet is heinous sometimes. ▲ Collapse
 


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