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Banterist: Home > August 2004 > August 24, 2004

Grammar Cop: Venti Trouble

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Complaint: Misdemeanor misspelling of "coffee"; having error rendered permanent by creating signage out of it; affixing faulty signage to side of mobile caffeine/donut distribution vehicle. Warning issued for questionable use of mathematical symbols.

Defendant: Man selling coffee and donut for one dollar, 27th & 7th. Good price.

Report: Officer was southbound on 7th Avenue when infraction was spotted. Incident occurred near the Fashion Institute of Technology, which may explain why people who draw skirts don't spell so good.

Fine: It is the nature of law enforcement officials to accept coffee and donuts in lieu of fines whenever possible.


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In C-like programming languages, the + sign is overloaded to mean both arithmetic addition and string concatenation. Defendant could also therefore be concatenating the value of two string variables. Although such an expression would have to be on the right-side of the assignment operator (=) ...

You didn't point out that the italic font is slanting the wrong way ...

Posted by: mike | September 4, 2004 3:19 PM

I find it more disturbing that the sign makers are not literate. Wouldn't one assume that the person you hire to make your signs has an understanding of the English langauge?

Posted by: Katey | February 2, 2005 6:13 PM

Or "an understanding of the English lanGUAGE" (caps added for emphasis only - please excuse)

Posted by: Carl | February 10, 2005 4:25 PM

Also, they might want to spell it "doughnuts" instead of "donuts." Just a thought.

Posted by: Krystal | June 18, 2005 3:41 PM

Dear Grammar Cop,
Please cut him some slack. This small businessman must be hurting. After all, he only has one measly "donut" to sell.

Posted by: Anthony | November 17, 2005 12:31 AM

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