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Burrard Vacuums

DRIVE-BY EDITING: spelling

February 20, 2013WCE Editor 2 Comments

This sign has a lot going for it, including eye-catching colour and easy-to-read typeface. It also features not one, but two spellings of “appliances”: the Canadian Oxford-approved spelling, in the second line, and an exotic European spelling—“applicances”—in the final line. Photo by Cheryl Hannah.

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