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Archive for August 2006

   (2006.08.25)
Metal script letters on a brick wall read Butler’s
   (2006.08.24)
Hand-painted sign: It’s TUNE-UP TIME FOR VACUUM CLEANERS & LAWN MOWERS
   (2006.08.23)
White sign projecting from building reads Butler’s in script and REPAIR SERVICE Parts Radio/TV Appliances ALL MAKES in Helvetica
   (2006.08.22)

Why does the CBC use British English to write its captioning?

   (2006.08.21)
Sign over café is written in yellow type on a blue background, with a line of Amharic and a line of script capitals reading RENDEZ-VOUS BAR & CAFE
   (2006.08.21)

What is with CBC captioners’ fondness for ‘single quotes’?

   (2006.08.20)
Four bright-orange pylons draped with yellow CAUTION tape surround a shiny black pole
   (2006.08.17)
Sign projecting from wall has red, white, and blue X-shaped stripes and BARBER SHOP in white sansserif on a blue background

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