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Okay, this has nothing to do with mental health, and it's supremely local, but I just have to get this off my chest: Why can't the Sansom Street Oyster House spell their own name correctly? The restaurant is down the street from my office, and I pass this sign posted outside their doors every hour or so. And every time I think, "Sanson? Why?" If you can spell Yuengling correctly, how hard is it to spell Sansom?


New name for this blog: The Trouble With Spikole.

Posted by liz on July 24, 2006 01:14 PM |

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I've never seen that spelling, but "Samson" (like the guy with the long hair in the Bible) is ridiculously common as a spelling for the name of that street.

(at least their web address spells the name right. if they'd registered "sansonoysters.com" that would be really embarrassing.)

Posted by: Isabel | July 24, 2006 07:46 PM

it's better than samson

Posted by: albert | July 25, 2006 12:31 AM

Quite a few years back (probably more than 10), I recall a place called 'Caroline's', that was just off, or near Sansom St. A coworker of mine at the time (born and raised in Roxborough), repeatedly referred to this street as: "SAMSON ST". Despite my pointing out the spelling, as we stood under the STREET SIGN, he was adamant in his 'correct Philadelphia pronunciation' of the street.
This must be some type of regional dyslexia.

Posted by: BJK | July 25, 2006 01:33 PM

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.

 

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