Bazj Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 .....LEAVE THE SPELLING TO SOMEONE ELSE!! My mate Ben Creasey posted these on FB earlier. He lives near Loushers Lane and it is closed for re-surfacing at the moment.... apparently the businesses are open as usual....all of them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Seems a lot of houses for a small road. 700 yards unless some houses have more than one yard. looks like the sign-writer could be in need of a spell checker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 looks like the sign-writer could be in need of a spell checker. what does Kije do again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 to all the above The signs are done like that on purpose though. Drivers see them and instead of getting all irate at the road closure they burst out laughing and giggle all the way home... the long diverted way round.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 These signs were very misleading. The sign saying that it was closed from 8.30 to 4.30 was left at he entrance to Wash Lane, so it gave the impression that the road was "closed" all the time. The truth is that it isn't closed as the tankers still have to go to Colas frequently everyday, lorries etc have to go to the building site, plus the residents who live opposite Priestley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris1066 Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 The abhorrent apostrophe strikes again !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 I so miss Keith Waterhouse: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1054453/KEITH-WATERHOUSE-Apostrophes--AAAA-fights-back.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 The abhorrent apostrophe strikes again !! and the aberrant one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 BBC news today http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 I was in Wales yesterday.... quite a nice place on the whole; not many street lamps and the roads are a bit narrow but no doubt they'll get round to sorting them out.... the most distracting things though I have to say are the road signs... in English and also in gobblygook.... I don't see why they need to be in Welsh seeing as so little of the population speak the language and less that 20 years ago it was all but dead. Only tons of money from the wonderful EU saved it; and now its like it is the first language or something! Still had a nice afternoon by Bala Lake though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 They'll have to be in Polish and Rumanian next Baz ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Oh look, it's turning into another one of those "it's them forriners and the EU" threads. What a surprise. Oh and... LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Funnily enough Baz, me & our Maude were in Llandudno yesterday & there was an elderly couple speaking Welsh which is something they normally do when English people are close by . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Get the same in the Town Centre, but it's not Welsh ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Funnily enough Baz, me & our Maude were in Llandudno yesterday & there was an elderly couple speaking Welsh which is something they normally do when English people are close by . Davy.... many years ago, my sister in law was married to a chap whose family roots were in Ruthin (but he lived in Penketh with his mum and dad)... she used to tell me how they used to go and see his Nan and Taid (Welsh for granddad apparently) and would go to one of the local pubs for a pint and how when they heard my sister in law speaking with her Penketh/Scouse accent the English conversations suddenly all turned Welsh..... My ex brother in law would then start speaking Welsh to my sister in law (she doesn't speak the lingo.... so just for effect) and suddenly English would be heard around the pub again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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