Funny Signs #10. Ham and pigeon sandwich

February 2, 2008 in Daily Waffle, Funny signs
Tags: bad english, cleaner lady, england, Funny signs, ham, happy, japan, language, pigeon, poke fun, queen, richmond, uk

In Japan, because they don’t speak much English, is where I find an abundance of funny signs. “Please help yourself to the cleaner lady” and “Toilet at your rear”. So you would expect that in the U.K., the home English, the Queen’s language, is where you’d find grammatically correct use of nouns and verbs. But you cannot be more wrong. Because the number of funny signs I have seen in England can put Japan to shame! Exhibit A, signpost at bus stand, Richmond:

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