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Courtenay wrote:The worst I ever saw was at a fruit stand in Brisbane years ago, with not only a wrong apostrophe but two spelling mistakes... "SWEETT MADARIN'S" :shock: Seriously.
Perhaps they were extra SWEET-T-T! Or maybe it should have been 'SWEEEEETTTT' ;-)
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I didn't dare to buy any of them to find out! :lol:
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Which one is correct:

1) The best day in my life

2) The best day of my life

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Thank you, Anita.
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Speaking about mistakes, we have plenty of restaurants in India that serve Chines food! :lol:
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Darrell71 wrote:Speaking about mistakes, we have plenty of restaurants in India that serve Chines food! :lol:
Oh dear. :lol: That reminds me of a book I have with funny misprints and typos from newspapers and other sources, including plenty of restaurant menu bloopers (many of which are presumably due to lack of fluency in English). Here are some of my favourite examples...
  • Squits with Source
    Turdy Delight
    Smoked Solomon
    Potatoes in their Shirt
    Calve's Dong
    Roguefart Cheese
    Lunch of Child
    Battered Soul
    Lamp Chop with Italian Basil
    Mixed Girrl and Baked Beings
    Kidneys of the Chef
    Died Pepsi
    Pimps No. 1 or Pimps No. 2
    Our wines leave you nothing to hope for
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Oh gosh I died at some of those. If you enjoy things like that you really must come to India, Courtenay! We have some top class mistakes here, you only have to take a leisurely stroll on the streets!
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've never seen those before Courtenay, they're hilarious! The mind boggles at some :shock:

Here's some of my favourite misprinted and misunderstood signs from holiday visits and foreign hotels:

Acapulco hotel sign: The manager has personally passed all the water
served here.

Athens Hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between
the hours of 9 and 11 daily.

Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in
the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if
dressed as a man.

Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push botton for wishing
floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a
number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by
national order.

Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day.
During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable
food, give it to the guard on duty.

Copenhagen airline ticket office: WE take your bags and send them in
all directions.

Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city
tours--we guarantee no miscarriages.

German/Germany: in a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift
backwards, and only when lit up.

Germany's Black forest sign: It is strictly forbidden on our black
forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men
and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each
other for that purpose.

Hong Kong supermarket: For your convenience, we recommend courageous,
efficient self-service.

Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

Istanbul hotel corridor sign: Please to evacuate in hall especially
which is accompanied by rude noises.

Japanese hotel room: Please to bathe inside the tub.

Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.

Japanese information booklet about a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and
Heates: If you want just condition of war in your room, please control
yourself.

Kyushi, Japan Detour sign: Stop: Drive Sideways.

Majorcan shop entrance: English well talking.

Majorcan shop entrance: Here speeching American.

Moscow hotel lobby across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are
welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet
composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.

Moscow hotel room door: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you
are welcome to it.

Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.

Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we
will execute customers in strict rotation.

Roman doctor's office: Specialist in women and other diseases.

Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon
having a good time.

Sweden: in the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies
from their own skin.

Thailand: an ad for donkey rides asked Would you like to ride on your own ass?.

Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not
person to do such thing is please not to read this notice.

Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are
best in the long run.

Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.

Yugoslavia: a sign in a hotel read The flattening of underwear with
pleasure is the job of the chambermaid. Turn to her straightaway.

Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the
opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used
for this purpose.

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IceMaiden wrote: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've never seen those before Courtenay, their hilarious! The mind boggles at some :shock:

:mrgreen:
Hope you won't be offended, and it may just have been a typo, but your sentence contained a mistake. It should be "they're", not "their". What a tricky language English is! :D
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Thanks Katharine and no I'm not :) . It's my new tablet which for some reason likes randomly changing 'they're' to 'their' and I've not yet worked out how to stop it! Corrected now :oops:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I can't stop laughing at yours, IceMaiden — thanks!! :wink:
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IceMaiden wrote: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've never seen those before Courtenay, they're hilarious! The mind boggles at some :shock:

Here's some of my favourite misprinted and misunderstood signs from holiday visits and foreign hotels:

Acapulco hotel sign: The manager has personally passed all the water
served here.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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