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?"

So many weighs

Near the Gum Wall, Pike Place Market.

The weigh to my heart...might be through this eraser-colored wall...or being nice. WHOAH!

syllable switcheroo

"Sport Entainterment"

S. Brandon St. and Rainier

One of the "entainterning" things about a diverse neighborhood is the little spelling and grammar errors made in translations. I wonder if they know? What would they do if they did?

Drive Nice

It seems the Seward Park Grammar Police beat me to this one.

Thank you for changing that adjective to an adverb! Seriously, what were those sign-makers thinking? It's not a bad idea, though. "Drive Nice(ly), It's Contagious." Apparently Seattle has "Drive Nice Day" once a year. I think they should change it to "Nice Driving Day." Read about it here: http://www.driveniceday.org/. You can get a free sticker.

I also like the added touch of the exclamation point. Drive nicely, everyone! (and not just once a year, please.)