I would have thought so......
Is an award slightly tarnished if the Award-Giver incorrectly addresses the recipient?
I would have thought so......
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On my way home, I stopped in Ballinascarthy recently to photograph the Wall Art. It was colourful and definitely drew my attention when heading west earlier in the day. It was only then that I spotted the words that are being prepared to accompany the art. The incomplete saying does make one wonder if the author became so miserable as to not complete the works; or, whether having noticed his spelling the artist gave up in despair; or, maybe the rain came and painting was postponed. An interesting concept though; one which some may think has existed for the past six years; a bit 1984-ish – a Department of Misery. Yesterday I was delighted to see a new business opened – especially in a building that had been closed for such a while. Someone having the strength of mind, determined will, and also a positive outlook in the economic circumstances that have been prevailing - how encouraging. I remember the pub as O’Donoghues of Drawbridge Street and I think it was The Barcode for a while but it has been closed a few years. With the Perry St Café being busy every time I walk past, it is providing a lift to an area of town that was quiet on the trading front. I do wish An Camán Inn well. I suspect the person who erected the namesign did not study Irish in school. I would have thought it much more beneficial to give one’s children an education in the difference between ‘there’ and ‘their’……..
But that is probably just me and my particular and peculiar outlook……. There are very many streets where there are more than one spelling of the Irish translation of the streetname. This is one of the few where the difference is in English - and both are visible from the same position. ‘Mahony’ does appear older than ‘O’Mahoney’. Guys Almanac from 1945 does call it ‘Mahony’s Avenue’ Does the photograph read correctly to you?
It did to me. FOB submitted the photo which was taken of the television image of an advertisement in the commercial break during the Late Late Show on Friday night. She has questioned my suitability to host this site if I could not spot the error.
I suppose this supports the contention that for every one hundred people, there are one hundred opinions.
Even Mary Lou McDonald, one of the loudest opponents to the property tax, paid the tax. Some people obviously consider it stupid to pay a tax set by the legislators. Others might think it stupid to use the word ‘your’ when one should use ‘you’re’ as a shortening of ‘you are’. More might think it stupid not to have expressed the message as: YOU’RE STUPID if you pay the Property Tax. Learn how the Troika is scamming you. Some may argue that the ‘Troika’ is plural and so should be ‘the Troika are’ but I don’t. Last weekend, we visited friends who were staying in one of the holiday houses attached to the Derrynane Hotel. The house was very nice – great layout and lovely view over the bay. When I read the folder left in the house outlining nearby attractions and outlining facilities in the hotel, I did stop and the camera came out. I know that there is regular reference to the number of people who die when jogging but I think this warning in the manual about the danger of using the gym may be taking things too far. I spotted this art on the wall of Scoozi’s Restaurant on Winthrop Lane.
The first thought was that it was a smart piece of wall art and marketing. More consideration did reveal some fundamental flaws: 1. Scoozi is not an official scrabble word 2. If it were a permitted word, the smart play was to start the word with the ‘S’ on the centre tile thus resulting in the ‘Z’ being on the double letter tile 3. With the board available, it is difficult to comprehend that someone’s letters were so bad that they could only add a ‘T’ to create ‘TO’. Even if their letters were so bad, ‘ST’ is a recognised scrabble word so the player would have scored four points rather than two, if he/she had placed the ‘T’ under ‘S’ of ‘SCOOZI’ to create ‘ST’ and ‘TO’ Maybe Scoozi are not targeting the scrabble-playing customer…… My recollection of my schooldays was that when a word ended in ‘S’, any apostrophe was placed after the ‘S’ and there was no need for an additional ‘S’ after the apostrophe.
I was getting ready to write a blog about the misspelling being in situ for such a long time but decided to check the web as to whether my memory was correct. Wikipedia advises that opinion is divided as to whether an ‘S’ should be added to a singular word ending in ‘S’ – that makes both options correct depending on which style one wishes to adopt. Or is that a cop-out to allow the wrong to be right? |
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