The name of the street? Grammar School Lane (the sign painters spelled it "Grammer," if you want to know).
Here's what Gillian Taylor, headteacher at Yarm Prepratory School in Stockton-on-Tees in the northeast of England, told the Press Association, the British equivalent of AP:
"The sign was up for quite a number of days and it caused quite a lot of amusement for children, staff and parents.
"We saw the sign and thought 'no, it can't be,' and then you look again just to make sure.
"Fortunately the children spotted the mistake quite quickly, but it must have been a good eight or nine days before the council removed it."
Mrs Taylor added: "If the council wants any help in spelling then I'm sure the children can help."
2 comments:
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
Thanks, Scott, it's good to see somebody taking the blog with all the high seriousness with which it was intended!
PS/ It looks like they taught you grammer, uh, grammar, down in Mimfus. I know cuz that's the way they taught us to spell in Noxvul. :)
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