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"Hardwood Floors" and "Off-street Parking"

I always learned that when part of a text was in quotes, it meant it wasn't really true, but was what someone said/thought was true. In this case, one would assume there are not really hardwood floors, but something else that could be mistaken for hardwood floors. Unfortunately, this doesn't really attract me to want to live there. Additionally, off-street parking in quotes might mean parking on the sidewalk?

very fishe

"THERE SOMETHING FishE About THIS"

Found in an antique store in Georgetown.

It seems to be hand-painted and was found in a bin with some other similar hand-painted signs, each containing a year between 1975 and 1979. Does this mean anything?

Re-Grand

6th & Jackson

Maybe they were never closed?

Also, this is the first time I've ever seen ice cream as a hyphenated word.

Quotations

Seattle UPS Customer Center

comma,

This is not in Seattle, and is probably old news, but I had to share it somewhere:

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2011/06/30/death_of_the_serial_oxford_comma

Grammar rules shouldn't change.

Teach Your Children Well

"Sho Nuff."

Maybe this is something people say, but I will never understand why we encourage bad grammar (and backwards letters) in our children...

Fixing mistakes

Sign work, Rainier & Gennessee

This used to say "Airbrush Photography Aperel." Looks like someone informed them of the mistake! I'm curious to see how they change the grap in Photography.

one word or two?

From Seattle Stranger SLOG.

My dictionary is old. It's possible I missed a change. Is "wanna" officially a word?

apostrophes always cause problems

"Apology's" for the poor quality photo. This is from one of my favorite places, so I'm not disclosing--but really? Why is it "different brewery's" but not "different style's?"