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On foot of our earlier appeal for carelessly spelt Irish signs, Warren McAllister offers:

Two of my favourites…

UPDATE:

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Thanks The Redundant Proofreaders Society

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Leo Kavanagh adds:

Biúró? Ew. Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil aon rud cearr leis an bhfocal “oifig”.

Do you know a carelessly spelt Irish sign?

Carelessly spelt Irish signs to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Carelessly Spelt Irish Signs’.

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Mary McNamara writes:

This sign has been irritating us for years, it’s in the car park at Dunnes Stores [at an unspecified location, possibly in Wicklow].  I reckon Google Translate was used to get the Irish for this sign. It literally translates as “look correct” instead of “look right” – Appalling.

Do you know a carelessly-spelt Irish sign? Carelessly-spelt Irish signs to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Carelessly-Spelt Irish Signs’.