A local restaurant owner was putting the final touches on the signboard for the day's specials. The sign started, "To day Special".

Owner: "You college?", pointing across the street.

Me: "Yes."

"You teach?"

"I'm the dean."

"This good?", pointing to the sign.

Now, I had a choice either to fix the English, which would have been inauthentic for that type of restaurant, or leave it alone. I said, "It fine, look good.".


BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Fender Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.