Now Hiring. Spellcheck.
posted by pho3n1x 9 months 4 weeks ago • 311 views
I couldn't resist. I know not everyone is perfect... I also know that Burger King isn't exactly a great example of societal achievement... However, this was written by Management... or, as you will see, Managment.


Backstory: Wife and I were going to Burger King and I saw this note posted on the drive-through ordering mechanism. This was 1) written on a computer where spellcheck should be readily available. 2) written by management, who one would expect to be a little more competent than the average McWorker.


Please excuse the shoddy quality, it came from my Camera-phone.



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yeah, I'll have the chicken crist and a small baptism.


written by jonny  | 9 months 4 weeks ago | CH
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I love the humor this kind of stuff leads to. But why stop at spelling? I've got a doozy with a dangling modifier and a homonym here from my part of the country: In an otherwise well-written article by Karen Solomon (San Francisco Chronicle, 26 sept 2007, page F3) comes the lovely paragraph

"The whole point is to enhance the parenting experience," agrees
Pri Pri co-owner Kei Cano-Katsunuma, mother of a 4-year-old
expecting her second child in December. "I wanted a place where I
could feel comfortable if the baby started whaling."

I don't think I'd *ever* be comfortable if a baby had a harpoon gun.
And when did the 4-year-old have her first child?

This wasn't someone who speaks English as a second language who just needed to stem the flood of requests for the unavailable chicken; this was a journalist whose entire job revolves around communication. I don't mean to sound picky, really. This person made my day. I might even suspect she did it on purpose...


written by oxdottir  | 9 months 4 weeks ago | CH
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I have had the origanan chicken, while temporay out of it...


written by choggie  | 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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i actually collect signs like this, but i look more for overly correct signs or signs that are not needed. like in a sweetshop in london they have a sign saying "please do not eat the sweets" lol.

in lithuania you get some good english translations, like "restaurant currently closed because bureaucratic difficulties" ... which means "trouble with the mafia".

but anyway, 10/10 for this one. reminds me of the place on leicester square called "SCHOOL OF ENGLIS"


written by MINK  | 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Priceless *quality English


written by thesnipe  | 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Awarding pho3n1x with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by thesnipe.


written by siftbot  | 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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damn i forgot i can do * quality now!


written by MINK  | 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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haha.


written by ant  | 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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I forgot to mention the engrish site. I guess most folks here have already seen it, but it's worth a tour if you haven't.


written by jonny  | 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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