So after months of building and red tape delays the Green Point Urban Park finally opened the new state of the art children’s play area to the public. I walked past over the weekend and it is kids heaven.
The children’s play area was due to open months ago, but due to insufficient signage they were forced to remain closed. Well they finally got the signage up and it came with the customary spelling fail.
Before you ‘lies’ there..yes awesome that.
Good times.
UPDATE: judging from the comments and now that i look at the sign again..it seems like i am the who failed. Thought it was supposed to say “use” instead of “lies”. Apparently it is indeed correct and it’s refering to the fact that in front of the sign lies the park..as in there it is. Some Shakespearean stuff from the City Of Cape Town. My apologies.
I don’t think that’s a spelling mistake? What do you think it should say? It says here lies as in present form of the verb lay?
Is It not supposed to be ‘use’!? Maybe you right though and I’m the retard!
How would you recommend one spells ‘lies’ in this context then? As far as I understand, this is actually the correct spelling!
Maybe you’re right! I’m no expert on the legal lingo. Seemed like it should be ‘use’ instead of ‘lies’. And the fact that they left out a full stop between place and this made me wonder if it was just a rushed job because they needed the signage up asap.
“Baby boy, before you lies
Ten thousand days or more
Of joy and pain that is life.
Shall the man come to call your name
I hope that you are strong enough… etc etc”
yip the forgotten full stop at the end of the first sentence is lame. I mean really how many times are these things proofed before print! Great grammar lesson for the kids