A simple street name may catch the eye
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(in Stomness, Shetland Islands) note how someone has tried to erase the "i" to make it an even better name)
The local lingo makes a familiar sign new again
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(Shetland Islands)
Sometimes a sign reveals a location's heritage
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(Stromness, Shetland Islands)
Some are punny....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzONIj5plmpSoNwLHHtN12xqqXSGw2sOORPUmyZK7NGA4R_SCU2MxLB53I7hvi793SEBaMfB6HXWickMvA32troLGzEzHzHhAq_3fe9oWtw7z1b7Xi9ybDBbbcdCaX3pNnuLhs54eygRC/s200/KirkwallLicensed2Clean.jpg)
(Kirkwall, Orkney Islands)
But others--usually my favorites--have an inexplicable origin.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf8I4q0mhtnrn3bFX1ZkiUE9Cr3JED1zNZCpNA6VBRjpy9X7E1xW6q06taj8yYZyG5y9onThb7zGkGi_LE2O9mJkqTNPtgBlSxvBiLB2BpJNJg24GQzNF026dQTB49VB9YbuJvR52Q5tp/s200/GlasgowCarryOnCalm.jpg)
(liquor store window, Glasgow, Scotland)
—P.B.
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