Seen on a work stroll from car to the Central branch of the Onondaga County Public Library on South Salina Street in downtown Syracuse was a sign on top of an otherwise nondescript general merchandise store.
Sign of the times.
This, my friends, is a sign of our times.
No run-of-the-mill 5 and 10 store this, those of you who remember the days when these type of places were named after merchandise you could buy for a nickel and a dime.
No, this Central Variety is …
Caught it yet?
No Bar. No Gin. Bargains? perhaps.
Don’t know. I did not poke my head inside. I had someplace to be. No time to see what a Bargin Center sells. Dictionaries, I doubt.
If you’ve noticed a misspelled sign, please share. Do you think this sign is on-purpose, or a mistake? Do you think the owner or anybody else but me cares one way or the other?
Mark Bialczak 
could be a second language, doesn’t look like a cute, quirky, trendy ad angle. or – maybe they wanted people to drop in and were trying to spell ‘barge-in.’?)
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Barge in. Maybe, Beth.
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I’d be inclined to go in there and tell them their sign is misspelled. I hate typos!!
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I am going to make my point on my blog, AFB. I think that makes me … more cautious in this day and age.
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Haha..my favorite here is “Custom Liscense Frames”. We also have “Jewlry Store”.
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Two good ones in Lyttle Rock, my SIL. 😉
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Not sure if it is a mistake or a puller !!
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Yeah, could go either way, Willow.
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I’ve seen tons of misspellings on signs and wondered the same thing myself. These things are created by someone and then passed on to at least one other person to create. You would think that somewhere along the line someone would have pointed out the error!
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Makes one wonder, it sure does, Marissa.
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Barge right in? Nice catch Mark!
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No time to shop, Phil. 😮
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A little off topic, but I LOVE the Central Branch of the library! So much variety there and a great fiction section! Plus lots of good graphic novels! 🙂
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I too love the Central Branch, ZP. You may go off topic to that any time you wish.
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Well…can not spell???LOL none of those around here would not sit well with the beach town atmosphere?!
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Yeah, spelling police would help, Gatoretee.
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lol-Terp!
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Ah, yes, thinking English it not the owners first language either. Reminds me of all the stores like these in NYC.
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I think that may be the case, Scott. Somebody in the sign line should have corrected it for them?
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Hahaha!
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Or hahiha, Mike? 😉
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Haw-haw works too!
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I love seeing those old store fronts. WE have plenty of them here in PA!
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Yes, the street is lined with them, AW.
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