Misspelled Signs - Page 20

Big or small, they do it all - not just removing, but "removoving" violations.

It's very subtle, but the awning reads "132 Havermayer St.," not "132 Havemeyer St." (It has an extra r, and an a in place of the second e.)

Almost there - "Havemayer," instead of "Havemeyer." (No extra r this time, but with the second e still replaced by an a.)

First of all, I like how the sign-maker parenthetically explains some of the more technical terms: PEDIATRICS (BABIES) ... OPTHALMOLOGIST (EYES) ... E.N.T. (EAR. NOSE. THROAT.) ... DERMATOLOGIST (SKIN) ... PODIATRY (FOOT) (What about "neurology" and "urologist?")

But, getting back to the task at hand, there are two spelling mistakes - both toughies - "gynecology" is misspelled "gynocology," and "ophthalmologist" is missing its first h.

Admittedly, the word sounds like "weat," but it's spelled "wheat."

We've got a two-fer, both common ones - "cigarets" instead of "cigarettes," and "cofee" for "coffee." Oh, if only they had misspelled "sandwiches," they would have gotten the trifecta.

Whoops! Dropped the terminal e in "perfume."

s/b "sup ... plies," not "supl ... lies"

Can you dig it? The word is supposed to be spelled "diagnostic." Don't forget that all-important a. I wonder if there are any more spelling errors lurking under that American flag.

First of all, they have a sale on "Ducan Hines Cake Mix." (Is it pronounced "duckan" or "dookan?") Right below that, in the same shot, is a sign for "Light Fluffy - Wide or Exta Wide." (What is this stuff called Light Fluffy? Beats me. It's apparently sold by the ounce, so it might be some kind of detergent. Possibly, it's flour. If so, then "Wide" should probably be "White" or "Wite.") Next up, at 99¢ a pound, are both green and red seedles grapes. But best of all are the ones in the bottom right picture, two anagramatic misspellings of "chicken" - "chciekn" and "chicekn." It's almost as if they had a chicken arrange Scrabble tiles of its name to form two new words. (Note that "chicken" was spelled correctly in the signs for two other items, whole chicken and chicken thighs. I guess that, as the theory goes, an infinite amount of monkeys - or chickens - at an infinite number of typewriters would eventually spell the word "chicken" correctly.)