  Emuaaron Member Username: Emuaaron Post Number: 12 Registered: 07-2005 |
On eastbound 94 they replaced the Livernois sign with a "LiverNIOS" sign. We weren't able to get a picture of it, but hopefully someone will be able to post a picture of it. | ||
Korridorkid Member Username: Korridorkid Post Number: 74 Registered: 01-2005 |
Okay, good!...I'm glad im not the only one who saw that! Man, you'd think they'd really REALLY double check those things for spelling. I wonder if that happens often. If you get onto I-94 Eastbound from Ford Road after Wyoming or the Michigan Ave. on ramp it's only about 40-80 yards away on the next 1-2 overpasses. Maybe the city will post the sign on e-Bay after they take it down (haha!) | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 117 Registered: 04-2006 |
The sign at Woodward and Antoinette used to say "Antionette," but I'm pretty sure they corrected it when they switched to the new design. | ||
B24liberator Member Username: B24liberator Post Number: 58 Registered: 01-2007 |
Sadly it happens often, and the eventual misspelling sometimes become more or less set in stone... For example: I grew up in a small Washtenaw village on a road named Schleweis. When the county came through updating the signs from the old black lettering on white background to yellow lettering on blue, they posted new signs that read "Schleeweis." Wrongo! When we called (my family) to point out the error, we got the "We'll look into it..." Which of course, is otherwise known as the bureaucratic run around. Skip a few years later, and I noticed that local area maps are being printed with the updated, though incorrect spelling. I called one of them (map co.'s) to point out the continuing errors. They said: "We'll look into it..." To my surprise, this wasn't the "brush-off" as they called me back a few days later, saying more or less, "Sorry, but that spelling is what your county is giving us..." So now short of wading through more red-tinted paperwork, and girding myself for bureaucratic warfare, the new spelling stands. I remember being asked (by the map people) if not, perhaps I could be in error... Whereas I informed them, that it wasn't likely as I was living at the old SCHLEWEIS family homestead (1870's) at the time, and saw various family members names burned into the barn wall, and dated as well, from Johann (signed 1882) to Peter (1920-something)and all spelled with one less "E"-- I hope the spirits of these hardy German pioneers aren't spinning about their graves....... | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 215 Registered: 10-2003 |
When I was young I lived on a street called "Edwood". We were on the corner and had the street sign in our yard. It read "Elwood". I always thought it was fantastic. Elwood Blues. Mrs. Murphy: Help you two? Elwood: Do you have any white bread ma'am? Mrs. Murphy: Yeah. Elwood: I'll have some toasted white bread please. Mrs. Murphy: You want butter or jam on that, honey? Elwood: No ma'am, dry. | ||
Ntrance Member Username: Ntrance Post Number: 11 Registered: 02-2007 |
For a few days in 1992 up in Lansing, MDOT had I-69 going to Detroit. This large overhead sign was on US-127 southbound. Don't forget the four fried chickens and a coke. | ||
Ntrance Member Username: Ntrance Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2007 |
Oh, and if I might gripe: I'll pay good money for someone to take a sawzall to the final "S" on the "CONNORS CREEK PUMPING STATION" A little literacy goes a long way. But then, I suppose it fits: people live near Connors Creek, and go to work at Fords... (Message edited by Ntrance on March 12, 2007) | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 217 Registered: 10-2003 |
"Don't forget the four fried chickens and a coke." I like you already Ntrance. Welcome to the forums. ;) | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1545 Registered: 04-2005 |
^^^ and shop at Kmarts. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4985 Registered: 11-2003 |
jjaba's business sign in laundry. Our credit manager is Helen Waite. If you need credit, go to Helen Waite. jjaba, Westsider. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4986 Registered: 11-2003 |
Who lives near Lasher Road? jjaba. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4988 Registered: 11-2003 |
Francis Livernois Street named in 1872.The street runs the entire length of Detroit, a true arterial. He thought it was jim dandy that his entire street would be dedicated to used car lots. At one point, he asked that the name be changed to Beater Blvd. jjaba. | ||
Udmphikapbob Member Username: Udmphikapbob Post Number: 293 Registered: 07-2004 |
not a street, but the sign at the Pied Piper liquor store across from UDM says "Champange". has since at least 1995... | ||
Mcwalbucksnfitch Member Username: Mcwalbucksnfitch Post Number: 53 Registered: 10-2006 |
Haha I totally saw this on my way home from Dearborn yesterday morning, I didn't know how long it had been there so I wasn't going to say anything | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 223 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Northland Roller Rink on 8-Mile (or as we like to call it, the "Stab n' Skate") has a huge banner accross the front of it that in very big letters says WE DO GREAT BIRTHDAY PARTY! The simple fact that it's SO BIG and nobody noticed/cared when they put it up is what cracks me up. | ||
Emuaaron Member Username: Emuaaron Post Number: 13 Registered: 07-2005 |
I also really like Nationalwide Furniture on Gratiot near French. Guy 1: So, how big is your furniture company? Guy 2: Oh, it's national wide! | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1432 Registered: 10-2003 |
The worst offender is Mt. Elliott, the street. Two L's, two T's, if you please. | ||
Track75 Member Username: Track75 Post Number: 2516 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Ferndale Quick-Lube's main sign read "Frendale Quick-Lube" for several years. Ask a Cadillac dealer how often the customer writes a check to the dealer and spells it "Caddilac". Answer: every day. The correct spelling is on the side/back/inside of the car they've been driving every day for years. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1435 Registered: 10-2003 |
There's a collision shop on John R between 6 and 7 Mile roads with a sign out front: "Jhon R Auto Body." There's a sports clothing shop on Woodward in Highland Park with a sign, "Strickly Sportswear," on the front (yet on the side, it says "Strictly Sportswear"). There was a liquor store on Harper that proclaimed, "Detroit's Finness Cognac." "Finness" was later painted over to read "Finest." | ||
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981 Post Number: 336 Registered: 08-2006 |
Track- I used to work at don massey in high school. enough said. | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3188 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ntrance, don't be too quick to criticize. The stream for decades was spelled on maps as Connor's Creek. At the time the pumping station was built, Connors Creek was the norm. Somewhere along the way the apostrophe was dropped and eventually the spelling changed to Conners Creek, and the adjacent street spelled as either Connors or Conners. Finally, the the extra S was dropped from the street name. If the USGS is to be used as the authoritative source, then it's still Conners Creek. | ||
Billybbrew Member Username: Billybbrew Post Number: 267 Registered: 07-2005 |
I remember a few years ago the signage for Lahser was spelled Lasher on the Lodge or 696, not sure which it was for sure, but I remember it. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2058 Registered: 10-2003 |
Also on 696, for a while when initially installed, the sign for the Southfield Pavilion was incorrect: Southfield Pavilon. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4989 Registered: 11-2003 |
A very common mistake is CAPITOL HIGHWAY VS. CAPITAL HIGHWAY. jjaba has lived in two places where these are all twisted. The city can name it one way, and as you roll down the street, everybody spells it their own way. When you see it on business signs wrong or on coupons for those businesses, it drives jjaba plum nuts. jjaba. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4990 Registered: 11-2003 |
For example, you are driving on CAPITOL. Then you see a contractor's sign, CAPITAL DETOUR LEFT. Drives a guy nuts. jjaba. | ||
Ntrance Member Username: Ntrance Post Number: 13 Registered: 02-2007 |
Mikem: Thanks for setting me straight. This forum teaches me a heck of a lot! | ||
65memories Member Username: 65memories Post Number: 356 Registered: 10-2003 |
For Jjaba's benefit (and for what it's worth)...I remember J.P. McCarthy interviewing a member of the Lahser family, of whom the street was named. The family member said the family pronounces their last name LASHer. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4995 Registered: 11-2003 |
Sweet. 65memories tells it like it tis. jjaba. | ||
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc Post Number: 781 Registered: 08-2004 |
Funny. We had a somewhat related story in the news here yesterday. http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/local_story_071174442.html  When I attended U of D High, I remember some of the students from the suburbs (mostly Freshmen) arguing with us that it should be pronounced "Liver-noise". They learned soon enough... | ||
Rbdetsport Member Username: Rbdetsport Post Number: 250 Registered: 11-2005 |
I saw them changing this sign on Saturday while driving down I94. | ||
Harpernottingham Member Username: Harpernottingham Post Number: 139 Registered: 04-2006 |
I like to call Gratiot north of 8 Mile "the Avenue of Illiteracy." With each block you pass, you begin to notice a pattern: Jewelry store Pawn Shop Typo Jewelry store Pawn Shop Typo Jewelry store Pawn Shop Typo | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 236 Registered: 08-2006 |
Speaking of Gratiot North of 8 mile take a look at this next time your heading north on Gratiot. This is the effects of a terrible sign ordinance. At 10 mile it becomes Roseville. Look at the difference in UGLY cluttered signs when compared to Eastpointe. Gratiot in Eastpointe or er uh East Detroit....no i mean Halfway.....or Erin Twp.....anyways Gratiot looks much nicer in that city than Roseville and it is very noticable when you pass 10 Mile Rd. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1439 Registered: 10-2003 |
Fareastsider, I've noticed that for some time too. Eastpointe's commercial area looks well kept and clutter-free when compared to Roseville. The difference is dramatic when you cross 10 Mile. From what I've seen, Eastpointe's residential areas, including streets and sidewalks, are better maintained (and cleaner) than in Roseville, too. | ||
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44 Post Number: 58 Registered: 02-2007 |
That's why they called it Roachville, when we were growing up! | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1216 Registered: 01-2005 |
Speaking of "Liver-noise", although I'm reasonably educated, I have a helluva time keeping myself from pronouncing the "s" in "Illinois". I grew up with my folks calling it "illi-noise", and it just caught on with me. Dah. | ||
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan Post Number: 36 Registered: 02-2007 |
manfield auto parts on warren ave had 2 different signs on their building for years...one said "Mansfield" and the other said "Manfield" They changed the one with the "s" eventually though. Its funny why the would spell it with out the "s", though because "Mansfield" St. is just a few blocks away. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 133 Registered: 02-2007 |
"Speaking of "Liver-noise", although I'm reasonably educated, I have a helluva time keeping myself from pronouncing the "s" in "Illinois". I grew up with my folks calling it "illi-noise", and it just caught on with me. Dah." Doesn't everyone say "Ili-noise"? Even folks in the state say "Illi-noise". | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 241 Registered: 10-2003 |
I always thought it was Illi-noy | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1689 Registered: 12-2005 |
I've heard that those who live there prefer Illi-noy. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8514 Registered: 10-2003 |
I thought people just referred to it as Chicago. | ||
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister Post Number: 133 Registered: 10-2006 |
How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky, Louie-ville or Louavul (phon.)? | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4998 Registered: 11-2003 |
Frankfort, Michmeister you're a clown. jjaba couldn't let you slide. Ok, so name cities of 5 state capitols which end in "City". Try that one on for size, Michmeister. jjaba, Westsider. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 135 Registered: 02-2007 |
"I thought people just referred to it as Chicago." They do also. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1693 Registered: 12-2005 |
The south side of Chicago or the really, really big south side.  | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5004 Registered: 11-2003 |
People who live there, don't say Illinoise. If so, where? jjaba lived there, never heard that. He lived in Chicago and Urbana-Champaign. Just like Detroiters who don't say Livernoise. jjaba. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5005 Registered: 11-2003 |
Detroiters don't say Grati-ott or Grah-shey. It's Gra-shit or Gra-shut. jjaba. | ||
Mcwalbucksnfitch Member Username: Mcwalbucksnfitch Post Number: 54 Registered: 10-2006 |
Cadge-yew (Cadieux) has always been a favorite of mine | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 138 Registered: 02-2007 |
I like Charlevioux (see, can't even spell it, lol). | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 139 Registered: 02-2007 |
That street and Schoenherr always sturck me as the oddest while streets like Gratiot and Cadieux seem straight forward. | ||
Trainman Member Username: Trainman Post Number: 367 Registered: 04-2006 |
We should rename the SMART bus system, if they don't come to Livonia. Come BACK !!! Come BACK !!! Come BACK !!! We need good bus service as Livonia Transit is failing to meet the needs of community transit. Yes, we will help the SMART transit officials fight for more state money for the crippled. So, please come back soon. http://savethefueltax.tripod.c om/remain3.html | ||
Missnmich Member Username: Missnmich Post Number: 580 Registered: 11-2004 |
People who live there, don't say Illinoise. Jjaba is right. In fact, I know people from that state who pronounce it "Ellinois" like "melk" and pellow" | ||
Miketeevee Member Username: Miketeevee Post Number: 12 Registered: 07-2005 |
Anyone remember the Golden Lion restaurant on Moross near Mack? Their sign read "Food and Spirts" (instead of "Spirits") for years. I remember being a 10 year old and calling them to let them know. They didn't seem to care. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5041 Registered: 11-2003 |
jjaba's fav. story is motel signs. Many older motels are owned by Indians named Patel. jjaba got a sign fixed in 4 hours, a sign out of repair for yrs. So jjaba sees a motel sign with the "T" unlit. In Hebrew, a moel (or mohel) is the rabbi who does circumcisions. So if you sign is 15 ft. tall, and reads MO EL, every Jew on the Interstate is laughing to the toilet. jjaba, Livernois Bar Mitzvah Bukkor. | ||
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister Post Number: 142 Registered: 10-2006 |
jjaba, you almost had a cleaning bill for my trousers on your hands, almost peed in them laughing. On the Frankfort thing, you coulda given me at least more than 45 minutes of slack. On the other hand, I should have known better than to try something like that on the forum. Oklahoma City, Carson City, all I can think of without cheating. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5044 Registered: 11-2003 |
Michmeister, and you thought jjaba just fell off a turnip truck, eh. jjaba learned his Capitals in 4th grade, Noble School on Fullerton and Ohio St., Westside. 5 capitals with "city" in the name are: Salt Lake City Carson City Jefferson City Oklahoma City Quebec City. The last one was a laugher, a lagniappe. jjaba waiting for somebody to piss and moan about his list, but frankfortly, nobody but michmeister even played. jjaba, jes havin' fun. | ||
Missnmich Member Username: Missnmich Post Number: 581 Registered: 11-2004 |
Ok, so name cities of 5 state capitols which end in "City". Jjaba, you said STATE capitals, not provincial! This game is not up to your usual standards ... Piss and moan, piss and moan ... (Message edited by missnmich on March 21, 2007) | ||
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister Post Number: 146 Registered: 10-2006 |
You forgot the capital of the 51st state-Mexico City. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 125 Registered: 01-2007 |
There was a hand painted sign on a garage door near E. Warren and Cadillac which read: "NO PACKING" | ||
Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 282 Registered: 04-2005 |
There was a storefront church on Woodward in Highland Park that had a big "REVIAVL" banner hung up for a year or so. |
