Saturday, August 19, 2017

OXFORD: A spelling fail

The funniest typo of the week appears on the roadside signs that have popped up for the Oxford "Flee" Market. In one sign along Baltimore Pike in Toughkenamon, someone actually tried to make the "e" into an "a." Every time I see one, the "Guys and Dolls" lyric comes into my head: "It's the oldest established permanent floating craps game in New York."
And speaking of roadside signs ... every single summer the organizers of the Chester County Pond Tour put up hundreds of signs publicizing their event, many times multiple ones at the same corner, and after the event they remove perhaps dozens of them. It's been three weeks since the event and there are still at least three at the Schoolhouse Road/Baltimore Pike intersection.


Spell-checking programs don't always work. This sign was on Route 10 north of Oxford.




 
 
 

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