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Citizen complaint of the day: The secret British letterer in the city sign shop

By adamg on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 11:03am
Hillcock Street should be Hillock Street in Roslindale

A slightly annoyed citizen files a complaint about a Roslindale street sign:

The name of the street is "Hillock", not "Hillcock". The later sounds too British. Impact is probably none.

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By anon on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 11:50am.

Or....the names Boston, (West) Roxbury, Dorchester, Allston/Brighton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Malden, Medford, etc., etc., etc.....And Suffolk County, Norfolk County, Middlesex County, etc., etc.....or 'New England'.

Pretty much all place names in metro Boston are named after English towns or Anglicized phonetic spellings of Native American Indian names. Actually, most common Irish names are also Anglicized phonetic spellings of Gaelic Irish language names, which most English speakers would find un- pronouncable in the Irish language. That's why many Native American and Irish/Scottish names look a little off or amusing when Anglicized.

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By anon on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 12:11pm.

Ok, but Hillcock on this sign is still just plain wrong.

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By ZachAndTired on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 2:19pm.

This is funnier though (because I will perpetually have the mind of a 14 year old). I say leave it.

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By adamg on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 2:30pm.

That insurance company. You know the one. And no, not the one that used to own the skyscraper. The other one.

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By Scumquistador on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 3:21pm.

I BET ITS GEICO

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By JonT on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 10:20pm.

You mean the one that used to own the other (slightly bigger) skyscraper?

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By John-W on Sun, 09/18/2016 - 9:43pm.

"Throbbing Purple Penis Assurance Co.?"

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By adamg on Sun, 09/18/2016 - 11:21pm.

It's the company for when one just isn't enough.

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By John-W on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 10:09am.

...some people are special.

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By baustin on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 5:02pm.

I think they are making a mountaincock out of a molehillcock.

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By John-W on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 11:29pm.

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By Waquiot on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 2:54pm.

The missus used to live in Arborway Gardens by Forest Hills. She lived on Catenacci Way. For some reason, it is also known as Catanaccia way, like some kind of flower. The thing is, Ralph Catenacci was a war hero, just like Dunning and O'Leary, so it kills me when the street is misspelled.

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By Daan on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 9:33pm.

If a tree in Braintree has brains for the picking (just what all the Abby Normals of the world need) what might one find on Hillcock St?

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By Grammar Police on Sun, 09/18/2016 - 8:15pm.

The name of the street is "Hillock", not "Hillcock". The later sounds too British. Impact is probably none.

The name of the word is "latter," not "later."
Additionally, the comma and period belong inside the quote marks.

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By Scratchie on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 11:44am.

It's "quotation marks", not "quote marks".

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