No-boarding and No-alighting Zones
The intent of this phrase is to designate zones in which people are permitted neither to get in a taxi nor to get out of one. However, I think “no-boarding and no-alighting” is a...
Category: oops
Report suspicious individuals or items
… but not both? Another problem with conjunctions! The intent is: Report all the suspicious individuals and all the suspicious items you notice. But it’s getting confused with: If you see a suspicious individual...
Stackable jewelry box with lots of great feathers
If you thought AutoCorrect only affected text messages, think again. Whoever was responsible for inputting the marketing text that describes the features of this stackable jewelry box got as far as “feat—” and then...
Healthy yet delicious Korean food
Whoops! The sign in front of this shop in the basement of United Square is implying that healthy Korean food is usually not delicious. I mean, okay, maybe, but that’s not what you want...
Storewide sale in a narrow store
Far East Plaza is a warren of small fashion shops (and, sadly, fewer bookstores than it was when I arrived in Singapore in 2008). Whenever I read the signs advertising promotions and discounts, I...
Sakura Cuisine’s Saliva Chicken
I posted a photo of this restaurant before because the name seemingly advertised so many kinds of food. They’ve simplified the name—presumably not because they saw my blog post, but who knows? Now they...
Signatrer Dishes
Well, the photo is gorgeous, and the restaurant should definitely get credit for correctly pluralizing “dishes”, but that is not how to spell “signature”. I think the mistake is a phonetic spelling mistake and...
Shang Antique: Established Since 1984
Although Shang Antique only moved into this unit at the front of Tanglin Shopping Centre sometime within the last year or so, I am willing to believe that the business has existed from 1984...