I applaud them and only hope they'll visit Rhode Island on the return trip since they bypassed us on the way out. Perhaps they felt the smallest state was too large a task to take on right out of the starting gate?
We have a lot of problems here, although one that used to give me a headache has been fixed. That was the sign on a bicycle shop on the East Bay Bike Path that said: "Your on the right path with us!" But there are many more, such as the sign outside the Italian market on Federal Hill that announces they have "Delicasies." Crescent Park signs are always being spelled "Cresent," and, well, the list goes on and on.
Readers, please send in here any nominees you've spotted, and I'll send a compilation of your requests to these guys, who call themselves TEAL, the Typo Eradication Advancement League. Their web site and blog are illuminating, allowing readers to follow them on their nonjudgmental journey—
"to stamp out as many typos as we can find, in public signage and other venues where innocent eyes may be befouled by vile stains on the delicate fabric of our language. We do not blame, nor chastise, the authors of these typos. It is natural for mistakes to occur; everybody will slip now and again. But slowly the once-unassailable foundations of spelling are crumbling, and the time has come for the crisis to be addressed."I'd just like to suggest that once they've corrected all the country's signs, they might take a look at menu misspellings (Caesar salad and arugula seem to be perpetual challenges) and song lyrics. Can anyone listen to Paolo Nutini's "Last Request" without cringing? Hey, Paolo— You're cute, but why would she lie down next to someone so grammatically challenged as to say Lay instead of Lie?)
