Thursday, April 3, 2008

My Favorite Language Flub

A classified ad offered:


"Antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers."
-- from The Revenge of Anguished English by Richard Lederer

1 comment:

kk said...

Love it.

Here's one of my favorites, which I saw one weekend driving around my town (signage for a gym, which is situated behind a doctors building):

Lose Weight In Rear.

(of course this sign was directing people to the back of the parking lot where the gym was located, but it made LOL!

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