Misspellings in the Parks

[unkadug]

I am genuinely shocked at how many spelling mistakes there are..... Do people not proof read this stuff?

You ask that on the internet? :lol:

 

[Tom]

You ask that on the internet? :lol:

more pacificallly on a internet foreum where the wurst violaters are

 

[Florida_is_hot]

Maybe because Disney knows its audience,
everything is part of the show.

 

[MarkTwain]

Wow. This really is absurd. Yes, there are millions of words and signs around the "world", but every single piece of graphic artwork - be it paper or signage - SHOULD go through an arsenal of checks. Heck, the graphic design software they use (likely InDesign, Illustrator, etc) have built-in spell-checks...so they're ignoring their first line of defense.

Actually, Illustrator doesn't have spell check (at least mine doesn't - CS4). It's VERY frustrating. It's really amazing how many words you'll find you misspell without the squiggly red lines to help you. That's one big incentive for a lot of designers to use InDesign, but Illustrator tends to be more graphic design (and less text) based, so I wouldn't be surprised if Disney used Illustrator for everything,

 

[Tom]

Actually, Illustrator doesn't have spell check (at least mine doesn't - CS4). It's VERY frustrating. It's really amazing how many words you'll find you misspell without the squiggly red lines to help you. That's one big incentive for a lot of designers to use InDesign, but Illustrator tends to be more graphic design (and less text) based, so I wouldn't be surprised if Disney used Illustrator for everything,

I wondered the same thing. I figured they'd use Illustrator to produce the actual graphics (like I do), but then use InDesign to layout the signs, as a whole, while just plopping the AI or PSD files into them.

If they're creating all their signs, especially the text-heavy ones, in Illustrator, perhaps they should pay their proofreaders another $0.25/hr.

 

[Phonedave]

according to Wiki:

The forest was, at one point, also run by imperial British visitors, as evidenced in the Western spelling on the sign at the entrance to the Jungle Trek, which reads "Royal Anandapoor Forest". When their occupation of southern Asia ended, the British turned the forest over to the villagers of Anandapur, whom you encounter as you walk through the jungle.​

So "Anandapoor" is just a westernized spelling of the name.

WDW Imagineer #1 "Oh crap! We mispelled "Anandapur" on the main sign to the jungle trek. Do you know how much that will cost to fix!"

WDW Imagineer #2 "Or, on the other hand, a backstory is free"

-dave

 

[nc_disneyfreak]

very funny

i never would of noticed these! this is too funny...

 

[shmmrname]

This should be a permanent topic.

 

[RSoxNo1]

So close...

 

[AvengersWDW]

Sorry but if you are going to correct spelling you should know that Kabobs is spelled correctly...just saying

 

[unkadug]

So close...

I read that three times before I caught it.

 

[Disneydreamer23]

I read that three times before I caught it.

i dont see it some one help me!

 

[unkadug]

i dont see it some one help me!

accommodate

 

[Disneydreamer23]

accommodate

thank you!@

 

[Sweet Melissa]

For what it's worth, in the first picture (of the celebrity handprints), the plural possessive is misused. It should read Celebrities' and not Celebrity's.

Indeed. Before I read the OP's caption, I thought that was what the photo was pointing out.