Comments on: Spelling rage

By: Ziegler on toast « Arnold Zwicky's Blog

Ziegler on toast « Arnold Zwicky's Blog — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:43:44 +0000

[...] for information on Ziegler, see this posting with his cartoon on spelling [...]

By: Stuart Brown

Stuart Brown — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:51:17 +0000

Less a misspelling than L2 error: the French-themed UK café chain Café Rouge features on its menu the declaration that Nous avons bonnes tables, rather inaccurately pluralizing the generic idiom bonne table, which refers to the quality of the food. Nous avons bonne table would mean "we have good food"; nous avons bonnes tables simply means "we have good tables." I don't get spelling rage, but I do have a tendency to ask, when being seated, if I could have a good table please, which has drawn a suitable wince on a number of occasions.

By: chrishansenhome

chrishansenhome — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:25:30 +0000

Interesting that just a few hours ago HWMBO and I ent out to eat with a friend to a newish restaurant on the other side of the Elephant. I had “Chicken Katsu Curry: Deep fried chicken beast in breadcrumbs…” Took a picture of the menu item and posted it on Instagram.

By: beslayed

beslayed — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:38:33 +0000

I usually don’t even notice unless they’re amusing. I can remember one small restaurant in India whose menu included “wantons”. (And, of course, there are occasional road-side stands offering “tea & snakes”).