Wednesday 29 April 2015

Toronto Grammer

I pass a flower shop every morning on the bus and a sign on the window always makes me smile. There is some questionable grammar, but the line breaks amuse me more. On the front of Yen's Flower Shop:
DAILY FRESH CUT
FLOWERS POTTED
PLANTS GIFTS
WE DELIVERY
Normally I would be saddened that a sign company allowed incorrect verb tenses to go uncorrected, but it looks like the list is made by sticking letters on the window, not a sign created as a whole.

The shop also makes me smile because it reminds me of Yen, even though he spells it Yan and that is actually his last name and his real name is Zhe. Still, makes me miss him, now that he lives in Montreal we don't see each other very often.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There is a nail salon near my house that is called V's Nails...however, it is a bit ESL and instead is spelled V'SNails. It bothers me every single time I see it.

-ERin