The Singapore Forum

there's a new coffee place opening up near my work, called Joe & Dough.

of course, i can hardly stop trembling from anticipation over what the latest StarBeanelli will be offering us, but did have a bit of a laugh over their marketing blurb covering the usual boarding that will hide this gem from sight until opening day and the flower pedestals...

[edit typo]

Well caught

The whole thing is crap writing. Way to ruin a good story.

Nice!

Of course, now I'm left trying to figure out just what a navel man would be....

Homophones gotta love 'em, but, yes, I can see how they trip up non-native (and native, sometimes) English speakers

i'm so tempted to take a black marker and fix it...

Which leaves me wondering if a navel man is a homophone.

Morrolan wrote:i'm so tempted to take a black marker and fix it...

I'd encourage that war on spelling, if didn't think in Singapore there'd be a camera and you'd be caught and caned for gaffit! Solution: printout an a and sticky tape it over?

But the problem presents itself in what to put as the right spelling: obviously the spelling of the word should be "naval", however in context isn't it better to speak of "Navy men"?

This thread gave me the following earworm. Someone must pay with their life !

Clearly written by the design agency, or rather the designers in the design agency. Lovely people but words are way down the list with them .... (I can say this... I run one )

I must take a picture of the place near my office that proudly proclaims that one of its dishes includes "Sundry Tomatoes"