June 27, 2009

typhod


This was sent by my brother:

An advertisement by a roadside quack in the market in Juba, Southern Sudan. Clicked by one of my colleagues, Ann.

There are a lot of amusing photo opportunities, but in post-conflict Juba, people are still deeply suspicious of cameras.

May 29, 2009

pumkin

Pumpkin becomes pumkin and water melon becomes water milon at a fruit juice shop in Mount Road, Chennai.

May 10, 2009

Choclate

Today's special ice creams & spellings:
Chocolate and strawberry and toffee are the casualties at an ice cream
parlour...

April 16, 2009

battary

Check the spelling of battery on the bus.

March 14, 2009

puncher

Puncture and pressure are misspelt at a mechanic shop.

March 07, 2009

Luxary

Luxury travel

March 04, 2009

visting

Visiting cards come cheap, so dont crib if a spelling or two is amiss ...

March 01, 2009

drycleners

Drycleaners!

February 14, 2009

Black current

An electrifying drink using black currants available here.

January 09, 2009

Butterflys

From Misspelt Word of the Day

Giving butterflies in the tummy...

December 12, 2008

Tinkaring

A mechanic shop in Aminjikarai offers tinkaring services among others.
Tinkering with spelling in the process.

November 24, 2008

Coffey




After sendwitches, we got coffey houses.. great. So says Bhagirathy D Rat who sent this. Thank you Rathy.


November 15, 2008

Canter

A teashop near the Nungambakkam station in Chennai is called Wilson Tea & Coffee Canter.
Some banter this centre provides!

October 11, 2008

bolds

Now are these bold nuts or bolts & nuts?
Some nuts can be really bold :)

October 10, 2008

Tomatto

Click inside the picture to view a magnified image of the discarded
wayside fastfood stall that once sold "tomatto rice" and curd rice
near College Road, Chennai.
Tomato, our motto.

October 09, 2008

wolve

For a minute, I couldnt understand what this wolve was.
One wolf in hand is better than two wolves on the poster. :)

October 08, 2008

sheperd

At the hairdresser's kids section, posters make up the wall. It turned out to be a delight for me. Plenty of spelling errors here - sheperd, vegitables and Siames.

Stuff that would make a German Shepherd and a Siamese Cat eat vegetables.

October 07, 2008

Embroydery

A tailoring shop near the Blue Star bus stop in Anna Nagar offers embroydery services.
Boy! I am glad they didnt spell it embraaidery, which is the local term for it.
Embroydery! thy name is embroidery.

October 01, 2008

Paradaise

Today, I come across a mobile showroom called Paradaise Mobiles.
Daisy, this is indeed paradise!

September 30, 2008

measurment

The measurement of words...