ever make a muhsteak ?

[monk]

a local sign guy (no, not me this time) put this sign in place about 4 years ago. i got a call from the business owner. he now seems unhappy with his sign. wants to know if i can make a better one. i fail to sea anything rong with it !

 

[DakotaDocMartin]

When it comes to lettering and sign making... the ability to spell is a plus.

 

[Roger B]

Or at least able to use a dicshonary!!

 

[graniteguy52]

The youngest misspelled heart on a tattoo (haert) he did. I found out much later, from his Mother. I wanted to buy him a dictionary, but was afraid the insult would not help the injury. The gal with the tatto got a couple freebies and apparently seemed happy with that - maybe she needs a dictionary too!

 

[Willem Parel]

Wlel, for a foiergenr tehre is nnothig wnrog.....

 

[Marcus Hunt]

Yeah, but you Yanks can't even spell JEWELLERY (or ALUMINIUM, or AEROPLANE) correctly either!:biggrin:

 

[mitch]

as my wife & i drive around town, one of our favorite games is "Spot the misspelling in commercial signage!" a few favorites include "LAUNROMAT", "Fine Dinning", and "Guns & Knifes".

 

[mdengraver]

How about spellcheck on the computer but that is not going to catch everything either. By the way, jewelry (American spelling), jewellery (British spelling).

 

[atexascowboy2011]

Monk

Years ago a friend/customer ordered a pair of spurs that took several hundred plus hours to build, AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!

Criteria-
1- Be able to see his initials at a quarter mile.
2- Be able to hear them at a half mile.
3- BiG OL' DINNER PLATE MEXICAN ROWELS!

This project was one of those that keeps you digging ever deeper into your magic cowboy hat for solutions.
Design it, scrap it. Design it, scrap it. Over and over.
Finally!
Perfection!
Put them on my boots,they fit AND looked great!!!
Put my boots on, took a step and nearly ripped my foot off as that big ol' spur rowel bit into the ground!
I had designed the spur primarily (SP? Marcus?) for looks and you couldn't walk with it.
So, I pulled the rowel and silver mountings! and threw the spur BACK! into the forge and reworked the 4" shank's angle.

FINALLY! PERFECTION!!!

When my customer first gazed upon his new spurs, he exclaimed,"They are beautiful...BUT..., you mispelled my INITIALS!".
I had put WEZ when it should have been WRZ!
FWIW- MY design , initialwise looked cooler!

20 years later! I ran into him yesterday and he brought it up how he tells all of his buds," THE Spur story!".
Due to filagreeing the spurs, I had to build a complete new pair, BUT, now I have an early pair for show and tell to go with a story that has been told by both sides 100's of times!

 

[Dan W]

I’ve got my entire family sign watching.
A dentist just opened up in town. He might have a tough time getting patients though.
His sign says.
Dr. Butcher DDS
Family Dentist.
Would you go to a dentist named Butcher?

 

[diandwill]

They buy old bicylces too!

 

[golden forge]

Atexascowboy,
Rowels to big to walk in, sounds like an old spanish Californio/Vaquero spur. Iv'e heard it said that if they had to travel 20ft, they would go on horseback.

 

[Dale Hatfield]

My oral surgeons name is Dr. Pain.

 

[diandwill]

My wife had a gynecologist who had wanted to be a pediatrician, but his name was Shots. He didn't think kids would want to go to Dr. Shots.

 

[monk]

man, i fear i opened a can of worms. it's gynecologist thus the common term, :gyne,or ginney if you prefer

marcus: at least we don't talk funny over here ! it's yuse guys dat do the funny talk.

finally-- i'd sooner visit a dentist named butcher than a surgeon bearing that name

 

[atexascowboy2011]

David
CAN'T walk with 4" rowels?
I forgot. It's a Texican thing. We were born with spurs on!
Heck, my wife wouldn't dance with me unless I was wearing my Zamzow's! These were the spurs designed for Wayne Zamzow of San Antone, hence the style name.

Swore I'd NEVER make another pair, as they were such a PITA! But, God is a Cowboy and has a funny sense of humor. Over the years it's been surprising how many folks want them, forcing me to eat my words and get comfortable building them. Once Spur Trek is up and running all aspects of building these will be made tremendously easier.

The patrons you speak of had 8" rowels!
They had their mount brought to them, then they were helped into the saddle at which time their spurs were attached to their boots.

One old Veterinarian that I worked with, said that in the Dominican Republic, IF, you had to go more than 10 feet outdoors, you went horseback or lost face! Sounds like your California Patrons!

 

[atexascowboy2011]

Marcus
When our ancestors left Bloody Anglang they were FREE to call it as they heard it, without fear of going to the stocks over mispronounced/spelled words!
Why do you think they call your country, Bloody? and ours, The Land of the Free?
Jeff

 

[JMiller]

they were FREE to call it as they heard it

.... reminds me of walking in a grocery store and where I spotted a display rack with "Deziner Sunglasses".

 

[Big-Un]

We have a gyn in town named Dr. Hjerpes! Plus, years ago I painted the back of a trailer and misspelled desert....they had dessert instead. Quite embarrassing but they kept it, saying it brought more recognition to them.

Bill

 

[atexascowboy2011]

After farrier college graduation a classmate had business cards printed up for his new proffession. He remarked one day that business was slow and handed me one of his cards that read, yep, you guessed it ," Graduate of Oklahoma Fairres College". He thought it great as it got a lot of laughs.... but not a lot of business.

Best thing that ever happened to him. Now he's sitting in an airconditioned office selling insurance!