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Title: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: JayMac on November 12, 2019, 21:12:37 (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/FB_IMG_1573592916350_zpsq6yrzsgc.jpg)
Oh dear. :o Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: paul7575 on November 12, 2019, 22:38:16 It wasn’t quite so much of a problem at Fareham when they painted “Drop Of Zone”. The space was just big enough to squeeze in a pretty narrow F...
Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: rower40 on November 13, 2019, 09:44:21 That’s because there’s only one F in Fareham.
Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: TonyK on November 13, 2019, 22:36:39 That’s because there’s only one F in Fareham. There's only one F in Penzance, a Cornishman told me. Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: LiskeardRich on November 13, 2019, 23:04:20 It’s because the pirates kept their Arrrrr
Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: TonyK on November 14, 2019, 15:09:43 Remember "Bristol Airpot", only corrected after an appearance in the press? Or the act of mischief that resulted in Avon and Somerset Constabulary having a "Mounted Dog Section" at Bower Ashton until the day after Private Eye published a photo? And of course, this, later used by a leading optician in their adverts:
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/77168000/jpg/_77168990_77168981.jpg) Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: bobm on November 14, 2019, 17:10:07 I showed the picture in the opening post to someone born and brought up in Penzance and he couldn’t see the problem.
Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: onthecushions on November 15, 2019, 12:32:42 There's a warning notice at the 1991 entrance to Reading (General) with the following spellings: INPLIED VIOLANCE Beter beehayv owerselvs then. OTC Title: Re: Spellcheck fail, Penzance Post by: Andy on November 19, 2019, 17:20:22 Actually, it's not a mistake at all. There's a small island just off Land's End called Pedestia and the inhabitants of said island are notorious bus thieves.
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