I knew there was a reason I kept this icon

[jadesfire]

With apologies to the flister who lives there...

Council in Liverpool gets a bad name for poor spelling

Since the article is very, very short, I've c&p'd it below:

Council officials were left embarrassed after an eight-year-old boy gave them a spelling lesson. Matthew Spurgin was appalled when workmen from Knowsley council installed road signs with a glaring error near his house. Matthew lives on an avenue in Liverpool but the new signs said “avenune”.

Matthew, who got full marks in a spelling test at school this week, said: “They should learn to spell correctly. If they aren’t sure, they need to look it up.”

A spokesman for the council insisted that the error was made by contractors and that correctly spelt signs had been ordered.

From The Times

It's the quote that made me sporfle. Someone's going to be a beta when he grows up...

Comments

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Heh. Local councils fail at this stuff :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I think what got me was that the guys putting it up didn't look at it and think "hey, that's not right! Let's not put it up because it's wrong" Not the brains they were born with, I swear...

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Heh. Then again, the council in Swansea managed to put up a Welsh translation that said 'I'm sorry, I'm out of the office', so y'know. Not a big surprise...

*plays icon snap*

Edit - or not, since I've apparently changed my English icon /o\

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*snickers* What a great kid!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

As my road name is spelled differently depending on which end of it you are (and has been since I moved here in 1989) I'm really not surprised. Is funny that it took an 8 year old to point it out to them though. Good on the kid!

[spiderweb-wine.livejournal.com]

Ha! And your icon is *perfect.*

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

This is how betas get started, yes.

Two spelling bee trophies. TWO.







God, I'm a nerd, right?

[kohl-rimmed-eye.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, I love that kid. I want to keep him as a spelling pet or something, that's amazing :)

[nightporters.livejournal.com]

I want your icon for all those fics that start with 'I couldn't be bothered to get this betaed and I can't spell'. Normally with spelling mistakes.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

bwahaha Well done that child :D