Katie writes in about her adventure in capturing a rogue apostrophe:
The waitress … erased the apostrophe as I ran back to my table for my camera. The hostess made her put it back so I could take the picture.
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Wait…did I use the apostrophe correctly?
This place is the best! I’ve got at least 6 pics of their signs. I go there when I have a bad day to make fun of their signs
how did she know it was the apostrophe you were taking a picture of?
I like the way that hostess thinks.
I wiped out an extraneous apostrophe on a black board menu last week. It might have been the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done.
My first thought when I saw this was “Why on earth didn’t someone reach out a finger and put that poor apostrophe out of its misery?”
I’m glad I’m not the only one who sidles up to signboards and takes the law into my own hands!
Maybe they were kidding.
No, really.
Years ago in a small gyro place in my neighborhood, I saw a chalkboard sign that listed “chilly” among the soups.
I couldn’t help mentioning, when I placed my order, that “chili” wasn’t spelled that way. The kid behind the counter cracked a big grin and said, “I know. My dad does things like that sometimes just to see how many people will notice.”
While I doubt that’s the explanation for most of these signs, I cling to that memory hopefully whenever I see such a sign.
About 15 years ago (long before the advent of cheap digital cameras, and before I owned a film camera), I saw this doozy on the front door of a delicatessen in Easton, Maryland:
“DELIVERY ORDER’S NOW BEIN TAKIN”
Apparently, they wanted to alert the locals that indeed, they were now delivering their fine foods as well as “takin” orders right in their store.