Showing posts with label Bellis Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bellis Fair. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A picture is worth two nonwords

On July 14, 2011, we were at Bellis Fair in Bellingham, Washington. As we walked past Picture Perfect - which was closed at the time - this sign caught my eye. More specifically, the misspelling of appointments caught my eye. So I took a photo of it. As I got ready to post the photo here, I noticed the misspelled backgrounds. Interestingly, With The Exception Of necessary And backgounds backgrounds, Every Single Word Is Somehow Important Enough To Capitalize. I wonder why necessary and backgrounds don't deserve the special treatment. Click the image to enlarge it.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Summer Saftey Tips

Once upon a time (in March I think) I was at Bellis Fair in Bellingham, WA, and saw a display for a summer camp. A large poster featured a misspelling of safety, and there were several piles of handouts on the kiosk below the poster. I took a look at the handouts, confirmed that the top of each of them had the same misspelling, and brought one home with me. Months later the error was featured in this post. The end.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

swim seperates

-- Target store at Bellis Fair in Bellingham, WA, USA, on April 1, 2009

All of the other signs that had the word separates on them had the word spelt correctly. This one had it wrong twice.

Friday, December 26, 2008

All on the Nations Most Reliable Network!

-- Verizon advertisement in Bellis Fair on December 18, 2008

Which nations? Every single nation in the world? Or is it supposed to be All on the Nation's Most Reliable Network!?