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Kerry Lauerman
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I've been an editor at Salon in various capacities since January 2000. You can reach me at: kerry at salon dot com. I post Open Calls on my Twitter feed, too (kerrylauerman)

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OCTOBER 16, 2009 5:57PM

Bad sign: First impressions

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This sign, at the entrance of Salon NY headquarters, quite possibly strikes a poor first note.

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Put de lime in de coconut...
CarolinaBlue50
October 16, 2009 05:59 PM
de eyes! de eyes!

I de-no, maybe it's a good sign that we all know what it is supposed to mean.
LuluandPhoebe
October 16, 2009 06:02 PM
at least it doesn't say "da management"
femme forte
October 16, 2009 06:04 PM
It could have read the "Fright" side....
cartouche
October 16, 2009 06:07 PM
Are you sure that's not in front of the Salon Hawaii headquarters?
Deborah Young
October 16, 2009 06:07 PM
I'm sorry Kerry, I did the sign, next time I spell Da Manglement right!!

:)
Tinkerertink69
October 16, 2009 06:10 PM
Maybe there's a hyphen missing. . .
Kathy Riordan
October 16, 2009 06:10 PM
Even de pizza deliveries?
Sally Swift
October 16, 2009 06:11 PM
I like it! I do that all de time! (but English is my third language...)
austinstranger
October 16, 2009 06:13 PM
Educated by de government.
Blackflon
October 16, 2009 06:14 PM
That's de funniest ting I seen 2day. Guess dey coulda sed "frate"... you know, sounding out werds an' all...
the ranting boomer
October 16, 2009 06:16 PM
Great catch. It can't be sliced as French either. Do they know about this? I guess now they do.

Rated.
Thoth
October 16, 2009 06:20 PM
It looks like a "stand alone" sign...someone had to work to arrange those letters. I hope they are making good money.

Thanks for the laugh.
Kate Bishop
October 16, 2009 06:21 PM
Always stay on "De Freight Side of life" (sung to the tune of Monty Python's "Always stay on the light side of life...")
Stellaa
October 16, 2009 06:21 PM
Occam's razor - they used up all the letters "t" and "h" in the rest of the sign.
Scribblenerd
October 16, 2009 06:46 PM
Yet another "quality" post for the cover . . . .
mishima666
October 16, 2009 07:04 PM
Chicagoese. You're right, it won't go over that well in NYC.
Steve Klingaman
October 16, 2009 07:09 PM
Oh MY... DaYoopers have been to NY...
MrsRaptor
October 16, 2009 07:12 PM
Hahah! There seems to be a "latino" on Salon´s writing signs' staff... Can you believe it took me like 2 minutes to detect "de" mistake... (I´m from Argentina, you see...)
Rated!
Marcela in English
October 16, 2009 07:19 PM
congrats on getting the cover!
mistercomedy
October 16, 2009 07:24 PM
Editor, we need an editor, please!
Rated
junk1
October 16, 2009 07:32 PM
You funny man. It good you have sense of humor.
ConnieMack
October 16, 2009 07:36 PM
years ago, a friend saw a sign in a bad part of town that said, "Road Be Closed."
Silkstone
October 16, 2009 07:36 PM
What Mishima666 said. WTF.
ClosureIsaMyth
October 16, 2009 07:38 PM
lol. What a fun place to work.
Sirenita Lake
October 16, 2009 07:59 PM
What's wrong wit dat sign? It seems okay ta me.
Douglas Moran
October 16, 2009 08:08 PM
I had no idea you guys were so professional. It beats cardboard and a crayon. Nice spelling for a writing site, too.
Michael Rodgers
October 16, 2009 08:31 PM
look at all these commenters, kerry. are we all just suckups or what?
femme forte
October 16, 2009 08:53 PM
De trop.

I'm getting my French on.
Floyd Elliot
October 16, 2009 08:54 PM
de nada.

@FE: your french what?
femme forte
October 16, 2009 09:03 PM
D-Tone down at the shelter read this and told me he didn't get it.
Harry's Ghost
October 16, 2009 09:42 PM
Watt's rong wit de sign?
Trudge164
October 16, 2009 10:05 PM
so smarty pants, how do ya spell de?
handymn
October 16, 2009 11:04 PM
Has it always been thus, or is this a new (signage) development?
Ablonde
October 16, 2009 11:52 PM
mysterious sign, they spelled "the" correctly once, but not twice.. did two people write it? and one word is out of alignment.... or maybe you have it all wrong -- it is actually perfectly apropos for open salon, dude :p
vzn
October 17, 2009 01:54 AM
Poor 'ole vzn has taken a few hits today?
Kerry Laurerman can be happy as vzn?
All deleted post and quacks go quack?
Thank You? Thank who for what? Oy!
Art James
October 17, 2009 02:02 AM
From your recent comments:

“Welcome back, Amy. A very interesting post.”
September 21, 2009 05:49PM

Kerry, Kerry, when I went away for a break because of a few things like the fights over Dr. Amy's posts, I didn't hear anything from you. I have no idea what really happened, but your comment makes it sound like you actually went out of your way to get her back here. I wondered why she came back after all the brouhaha.

Have you read the way she writes/speaks to people here? Doesn't that matter?
Dr. Susanne Freeborn
October 17, 2009 04:33 AM
DE, it's an abbreviation for Deutschland in the two letter international code. The sign obviously means that deliveries from Germany are to go to this entrance. Geez, always ready to throw stones when we don't understand jargon. As a former international shipper this is plain in it's meaning. ;0)
bobbot
October 17, 2009 08:44 AM
Beaten again by Sally Swift.
Steve Blevins
October 17, 2009 10:28 AM
Who's your sign maker? Hervé Villechaize's grandson?
R
john blumenthal
October 17, 2009 12:02 PM
Further to Deborah's comment - perhaps the Jamaican office?
dcvdickens
October 17, 2009 02:44 PM
Well, they spelled "through" right, give 'em points for that. (ran outta 'th' here too.
~fat rocco and feral rusty
The Rescuers
October 17, 2009 02:55 PM
This is too funny Kerry! I can almost hear the blender whirring and see those tiny umbrellas. :) It sounds like one great party!

Hope
Diary of a Hopeful Starving Student
October 17, 2009 06:09 PM
You get deliveries?
Lainey
October 17, 2009 06:14 PM
Must have had a de -lemma when they ran out of letters.
gal80
October 17, 2009 08:21 PM
HA HA. And THIS is the metropolis New Yark???
Annimal
October 17, 2009 10:22 PM
Should be on the cover! :0)
Reiko Eoh
October 17, 2009 11:36 PM
If this were Open Salon's headquarters the sign would have been both poetic and immaculately grammatical.
Byron Ayanoglu
October 18, 2009 02:32 AM
It seems clear to me that the management wants deliveries to go to the Freight side.

I think that this sign is fine. (Of course I might be influenced by restaurant menus where I live in Bumfuck, Mexico where you can order a "sandwitch.")
Ginny Rose
October 18, 2009 02:54 AM
Makes me think of "soupe de jour"?
l106frazier
October 18, 2009 11:29 AM
As we say here in Chicago, "what's wrong wit' 'dat?"
jimmymac1025
October 18, 2009 12:46 PM
Why not "de management"? Maybe they just ran out of "t's"?
Risa Denenberg
October 18, 2009 09:06 PM
What scribblenerd said….
Spin Doctor
October 19, 2009 01:03 PM
Hmm, depends on what country
Nikki Stern
October 19, 2009 05:56 PM
look like some one has been texting to much
historicalhome312
October 20, 2009 02:10 AM
Hey. Youse guys got a mistspellink in dat sign over dere.
Sheldon The Wonderhorse
October 20, 2009 05:47 PM
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
R. Mariea
October 21, 2009 01:10 PM
I think it is discrimination. Why can't All Deleveries use de front door?
Ina
October 21, 2009 06:47 PM
Bobbet said it correctly when he said "in German DE und DA means "THE" in english. So, whoever made that sign was right, in their language.
Funny, Kerry
crystalsapphire
October 22, 2009 02:04 AM
De is Dutch for the. The author must have been Dutch.
Ina
October 22, 2009 03:12 AM
Writers only: for de rigueur, see your editeur.
Greg Correll
October 22, 2009 08:47 AM
I like it. Mixes things up a bit.
TotallyAnonymous
October 23, 2009 02:02 AM
that is funny............
singer101
October 24, 2009 10:13 PM
Ahahaha! Can I have a job at Salon making sure things like this don't happen? lol!
just agirl
October 25, 2009 02:41 AM
Where was I last week when this was posted? Cute!
tai
October 25, 2009 07:29 AM
I don't get it. What's de problem?
freeforall
October 25, 2009 03:33 PM

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