Road markings and signs - various errors causing confusion, mirth and some concerns - merged posts

[whole diary]

[grahame]

Zoe Blackman, who spotted the mistake, said: "A typo is one thing; adding several letters to a widely recognisable word such as September is an entirely different matter." In a lengthy critique of the bungled sign, she added: "As a moderately intelligent and seemingly well educated person-type I tend to notice glaring mistakes such as this upon immediate discovery. Perhaps the person in charge of signs was a budding neologist, or maybe they decided they wanted to use more of the enticing letters that lay before them on their keyboard. Who knows? It could be a salacious poke at the Oxford University educational standards within the city. Whatever it is, it annoys the living daylights out of me, and I hope someone's cheeks are flushing red with embarrassment at their desk."

It is, of course, be a very clever way of getting lots of cheap publicity for a road closure 

[Chris from Nailsea]

Personally, I prefer the 'salacious poke' theory. 

[trainer]

I guess the Bup stops here.

[Chris from Nailsea]

I must admit to having been really struggling to work out how to include a 'burp' reference here somehow. 

[Chris from Nailsea]

From the Bristol Post:

Bristol "bup stop" gaffe picked up for Specsavers advert

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The Specsavers advert in today's Bristol Post

Someone in the Specsavers advertising team was quick off the mark - in today's Bristol Post the optician chain has placed an advert capitalising on the "bup stop" gaffe in the city, which was reported over the weekend.

Council contractors have now fixed the temporary bus stop, but that hasn't stopped Specsavers producing the ad, alongside their catchphrase "Should've gone to Specsavers".

The city council took a light-hearted approach to the mistake in Old Market after pictures hit national news websites. A spokesperson said: ^It is not often we see our roadworks hitting the headlines worldwide, but we understand why this rare mistake has captured people^s imaginations. While it became something of a temporary tourist attraction, the contractor has now corrected the error earlier today at no cost to the local taxpayer.^

The gaffe, discovered by the Bristol Post on Sunday, was made as part of road repairs which are likely to cause drivers and passengers disruption lasting up to four weeks.

Lane restrictions have been put in place, while upgrades are made to the road surface at bus stops. Since Old Market Street's bus lanes were redesigned in 2007, the volume of buses has caused grooves to be carved out and humps to rise.

The city council has said that the current surface will be replaced with a more durable concrete surface, which will require less maintenance.

[thetrout]

Pfft, we've had a sign in Frome which has an incorrect spelling for years. It made the standard eventually and even the Council themselves admitted it had been like that for a very long time!

[Chris from Nailsea]

Here is the latest example - from the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

Warsop 'rihgt' turn road marking spelt wrongly

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The spelling mistake was spotted on Friday afternoon

Contractors were left red-faced after incorrectly painting the word "rihgt" on a road off a supermarket car park.

The spelling error was spotted close to the High Street in Warsop, Nottinghamshire on Friday afternoon.

Eric Hill quickly photographed the sign, which should have read "right", prior to the error being painted over.

A spokesman for the Co-op said the contractors were made aware of their mistake and would amend the spelling "as quickly as possible".

[Phil Farmer]

Should Warsop be spelt Worksop

[PhilWakely]

Should Warsop be spelt Worksop

Not sure whether this was a serious comment, but 'no' is the genuine answer.......Warsop is a civil parish in the District of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England, located on the outskirts of Sherwood Forest. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365. (courtesy of Wikipedia)

[Chris from Nailsea]

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Irrespective of the smelling pistake, wouldn't it be better as, 'TURN RIGHT' ?

[Chris from Nailsea]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

Jane Austen's name misspelt on Hampshire museum sign

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The error was spotted by a visitor to the museum

The name of one of English literature's most famous figures has been spelt incorrectly on a road sign directing people to the writer's former house.

Eagle-eyed visitors to the Jane Austen's House Museum saw the author's name had been misspelt "Austin".

Madelaine Smith, who works at the attraction, said: "It is one of those names you shouldn't spell wrong."

She said she had contacted Hampshire County Council about getting the sign corrected. "The council has been really helpful and really lovely," she said. "We have had a few people spot it."

She also pointed out another sign, next to the one for the museum, that had misspelt the name of the nearby village of Selborne.

The council has been contacted for a comment.

[TonyK]

From yesterday's Express:

One is not impressed: Queen's regular haunt Ascot hilariously misspelt on road sign

A ROAD sign directing drivers to Ascot has caused a stir - by misspelling the name of the famous town.

By TOM PARFITT
PUBLISHED: 15:25, Thu, Mar 19, 2015
   
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The Queen and a misspelt road sign in WindsorEPA / SOLENT
The Queen, a regular visitor to Ascot, is unlikely to be impressed by this spelling blunder
The sign spelt the Berkshire town, famed for its racecourse, as 'Ascott' - which is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire.

The Queen - a regular visitor to the racecourse - is unlikely to be impressed.

Her horse, Estimate, won the 2013 Gold Cup at Ascot - her 22nd win.

A misspelt road sign near Windsor

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Twitter user Andrew Ford spotted the blunder in Windsor.

A spokesperson for the Royal Borough blamed a contractor for the error, which has not yet been permanently fixed - although the extra letter has been covered with wipe tape.

She said: "We will be working with the contractor to make sure our Ascot is not confused with Ascott in Buckinghamshire again in the future."

In this case, it may be right spelling, wrong town, of course.

[SandTEngineer]

.....covered with wipe tape.....whats that then 

[Richard Fairhurst]

Full marks to the Express for gratuitously shoehorning the Queen into a completely irrelevant story. I'm slightly disappointed that they didn't manage to find a Diana, freak weather, or asylum seeker angle though.

[Chris from Nailsea]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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Newly-repainted road markings reading "Ceep Klear" near a school have caused dismay among residents.

The misspelling appeared on a re-patched section of Watermoor Road in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Pictures of the sign, near Paternoster School, attracted hundreds of comments on social media, with locals complaining the error was part of a wider problem with the town's roads.

Paul Skuse, who runs a Cirencester group on Facebook, posted: "Another top quality repair carried out."

One group member said: "Must be a joke. No one can be that bad at spelling!!"

Another complained that poor repairs were making the town's roads and pavements dangerous for push chairs and wheelchair users.

One man remarked: "(The) 'repair' won't last long enough for anyone else to notice."

Joe Harris, the Liberal Democrat leader of Cotswold District Council, said the mistake was proof "the management of the roads in this county simply isn't good enough".  In a video posted on X he blamed Gloucestershire County Council, run by the Conservatives, for failing to ensure its contractor kept the roads in good condition.

"We don't have a common sense approach to fixing the roads - quite often you see a pothole filled in and one right next to it is just left totally unattended," he said.  "I think that's totally bonkers."

The BBC has approached the county council for comment.