Thursday, November 01, 2007

a "fun" vacation


Joe saw this one in NW Washington. Perhaps the "fun place" is only found in the back of a closet in an RV...

12 comments:

kevyn said...

i've been looking for that place!

Anonymous said...

Okay, I'm starting to think that things that are obviously slogans shouldn't count anymore.

Brandon Dilbeck said...

The words "Snow" and "Creek" make me think this resort is very wet, cold, and slushy.

Ann said...

I wonder what "The Fun Place" has to do with the "A" and the "I" on the adjacent sign. In some circles, AI means something that isn't necessarily fun, and I'm not talking about intelligence!

jspencer said...

Jacob, can you direct me to a grammar book where I can find the rule that slogans belong in quotes?

Anonymous said...

A slogan should be in quotes when it takes the form of a nickname. In theory, you might refer to this locale as "the fun place" in a sentence. In the same way that nicknames of people are in quotes, e.g. Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, nicknames of places should perhaps be in quotes as well.

jspencer said...

A slogan is not the same thing as a nickname

Anonymous said...

I didn't say that it has to be in quotation marks, but there's a difference between using them for emphasis and using them just to set a slogan apart. Otherwise somebody might think the name is Snow Creek Resort The Fun Place.

jspencer said...

I guess I'm not arguing that they're incorrect, but the blog is "unnecessary" and they are

Anonymous said...

No. This sign is clearly not in error. A quote referring to the style or quality of the establishment DOES need quotation marks. As in Kmart, "The Savings Place."

jspencer said...

^Link me to a grammar guide with that rule please, anonymous.

Anonymous said...

I don't think it matters if the quotes are right or wrong here -- even if they are necessary or not. What's funny is that when I read this sign, I think of someone saying "The Fun Place" out loud with air quotes, and then it sounds really sketchy. ;-)