Double-take, # 188

So good you can do it twice, or intended to be a different course in Ancient History? (Don’t miss the unlikely-sounding title at the bottom of the list…)

Source: Northamptonshire County Council, ‘My County Council: Adult Learning Courses’, Autumn 2015—Spring 2016

duplicated course name (Ancient History – Egypt and Mesopotamia)

Double-take, # 187

An unfortunate homophonous mangle, submitted by Dr Faustus. The error has been corrected on the BBC’s webpage, but Google shows that echoes still remain:

duel for dual

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 89

A puzzling mangle, spotted by Des Pond of Slough:

Source: Rugby Observer (8 October 2015), p. 48, and online

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 198

From the backlog of Dr Faustus, who spotted this at the Tudor House in Southampton:

us for is

You Cannot Be Serious, # 57

This political poster is currently doing the rounds on social media. In addition to the typographical mangle and the odd temporal description, the group’s identifying acronym and logo are omitted:

 

airstikes; ‘just several days’ [+ missing identifying logo/acronym]

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 97

On sale, and spotted by Des Pond of Slough, in the shop at the Heritage Motor Centre Motor Museum in Gaydon:

First Mini’s at Longbridge

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 96

The charity formerly known as Citizens’ Advice Bureau has apparently been rebranded and eschews possessive apostrophes in its name, which rather implies uncertainly about the number of citizens it is willing to aid:

Link: Citizens Advice

Elsewhere (Rugby, in this case), nonsensical pre-rebrand signage sidesteps the apostrophe problem entirely:

Citizen Advice Bureau

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 197

The first in an otherwise largely unproblematic list of activities (the other mangle was ‘patch work’ for ‘patchwork’) at a Warwickshire fete:

princes and princes competition

Double-take, # 186

Spotted in July 2012 in a charity shop:

No food or drink to be consumed in this store. (Including children)

You Cannot Be Serious, # 56

This advertisement from the Rugby Observer, 24 June 2014, shows some interesting career options:

Apprenticeships [… Business Administration Customer Service […] Sports Coaching Warehousing & Nail Services

Double-take, # 185

Des Pond of Slough finds this Sainsbury’s sign quite amusing:

Our fresh chicken […] has been for 10 years

Apostrophe catastrophe, # 95

From the backlog of Dr Faustus, a notice in the London-Bayswater branch of L. A. Fitness:

other members safety