Spotted last Friday morning in the car park of South Norfolk District Council's offices.
Wymondham Kebab is a kebab shop in Wymondham.
That's … er … WYMONDHAM, Mister Signwriter.
Wymondham Kebab is a kebab shop in Wymondham.
That's … er … WYMONDHAM, Mister Signwriter.
19 comments:
Well, it's a long word. And the H isn't pronounced. If you Brits would just take out all those letters you don't pronounce (Worcestershire, Brougham, etc.) you would have so much more space.
Petrea: Wymondham is actually pronounced "Wind-um" but however bizarre the pronunciation it certainly doesn't have two "W"s in it.
It was spelled correctly on the driver's side door, I wonder how long it will be before they notice it.
Ha ha trust you to spot that one!
Yes Petrea we do have some strange ways of spelling our village names, and even better the way we say them! but then what would Dive do about finding something for Mondays without them!
Thanks for all the help yesterday D Ruth was thrilled as you may see on the comments! have a good day as they say.
Mum: So glad Ruth enjoyed the little movie. And yes, Mondays would not be the same without Norfolk's irregularities.
Imagine what fun dyslexic signwriters must have!
Hee hee, Mme. What a marvellous marriage of affliction and occupation.
Well it caught YOUR attention, didn't it? Mission accomplished on the part of the advertiser. : )
Katherine: I'm not entirely sure I would trust a kebab cooked by a person who cannot even spell the town they live in.
I honestly like the British pronunciations. I believe, however, they've been put in place to embarrass tourists such as myself. Now I'm in the know about Windum.
Petrea: I imagine there must be some places in the States where similar local idiosyncrasies hold sway.
Around here you can add to "Wind-um": Costessey (Cossy), Happisburgh (Haysbruh) and Stiffkey (Stweky) among others. Combine those with the incomprehensible Norfolk accent and it's not just the tourists who get confused.
Serves you right for that overcomplicated spelling.
I'll try to think of some in America. Vanda, you're the perfect person to help me.
Vanda: Hee hee! Yes, Wymondham is a pretty dumb name.
Petrea: It will be cool to see what weirdness you come up with.
Dive, I found a street sign in Portland, Maine, that said, in part, "I'TS THE LAW."
That's the first time I'd seen that arrangement of the apostrophe. Strangely enough, on the other side of the sign, it was correct.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Ah, thank you, Lupine Lady. That really gave me the giggles.
Awesome!
I was wondering how a Wywondham Kebab would taste?
This isn't quite as funny as our local "Ken's Dick Jockey" sign. Although it was up for months, I failed to get a photo!
By the way, I tried to visit you on Monday, but the blogger service was unavailable. That has never happened before.
Ken's Dick Jockey?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thank you for that, Neetzy. I really needed it.
I should check around to see if anyone else caught the sign. I'm just afraid to google "Ken's Dick Jockey"!
Who knows what will pop up?
Hahahahaha. Me, too, Neetzy! I am DEFINITELY not going to Google that at work, and even at home I'm not sure I want it on my Google search record.
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