A point of English??

[Newportnobby]

Whilst at Chorley Hospital this morning for my lung capacity test, I couldn't help but notice the signage for the department read "cardio-respitory"
Now I'm of the 'old school' and believe I was taught 'proper English' - so shouldn't that have been "cardio-respiratory"
Looking through a couple of dictionaries seemed to confirm my thoughts.
Anybody have any opinion?

[austinbob]

Sounds spot on to me. It's amazing how many times you see errors like that all over the place. Hate it!!

[Agrippa]

The people who made , painted or installed the sign are just ignorant
sods, it's that simple.

[Sprintex]

Anybody have any opinion?

Blimey, that's asking for trouble!

I would agree though that official signage should be correct, easy enough to check spelling online these days without digging out a dusty old dictionary

Reminds me of a council sign I saw in Harlow - "NO PARKING ON THE BRIDAL PATH". Can't see some girl in a fancy white wedding dress wanting to walk along a muddy path anyway


Paul

[Newportnobby]

Anybody have any opinion?

Blimey, that's asking for trouble!

I would agree though that official signage should be correct, easy enough to check spelling online these days without digging out a dusty old dictionary


Paul

Whoever the culprit was they'd made the signs throughout as, when I walked back down the corridors, every sign was spelt the same.

The people who made , painted or installed the sign are just ignorant
sods, it's that simple.

Can't dispute that

[Agrippa]

Sprintex, you didn't have full stops at the end of your second or third
sentences.

[scotsoft]

Guess what the sign writer was supposed to paint??? 

[smg id=23990 type=preview align=center caption="oops 01"]

[smg id=23991 type=full align=center caption="oops 02"]

cheers John.

[Newportnobby]

You didn't have full stops at the end of your second or third
sentences.

If you meant the OP I think you'll find it's the 1st and 2nd sentences without full stops (mea culpa).

The people who made , painted or installed the sign are just ignorant
sods, it's that simple.

Perchance "It's that simple" should have been a separate sentence

[port perran]

It's people adding an unnecessary apostrophe that annoy me. We have two examples locally. Our village pub has a notice specifying Opening Time's.
And we have a shop selling Cornish Pasty's.
Also noticed a Taxi firm in Falmouth that takes Advanced Bookings Only. Presumably you have to be an expert taxi traveller to book with them .

[PostModN66]

I Struggle with Spurious Capitalisation!

Cheers,  Jon!

[MalcolmInN]

Perchance, npn,  I miss the passing of the semicolon,
but I suppose that is better than passing a semi-colon.
,
,

Our village pub has a notice specifying Opening Time's.

If it only has one opening time then that could be correct ?

And we have a shop selling Cornish Pasty's.

And that could be a contraction of " Cornish Pasty, oi me luvly it is (a cornish pasty) "
sorry,
mahatmacoat.

[railsquid]

Spurious "quotation marks" annoy.

[fisherman]

.... maybe  respitory is a  modern  word    for  'spitoon'...


....clang.........

[MalcolmInN]

Guess what the sign writer was supposed to paint???
"oops 01"]

You must be meaning that he is pointing at the missing "a" in Arbic or the missing space in "Nosmoking"
I'm sure I cant imagine what else has gone wrong, , ,
(where is that straight face smiley  )

Pretty comprehensively blundered !! , or a good photoshop job ?

[port perran]

Spurious "quotation marks" annoy.

And spurious explanation marks !!   (sorry)
Just look at the cover of any railway magazine. I take Heritage Railway every month and we play the guess how many explanation marks on the cover this month game.
As an example - West Country Pacific to tackle Devon banks !