Overseen in Framingham, Mass.:
A fairly avant-garde spelling of avant-garde, I’d say.
March 9, 2008
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I love their using that Olde Worlde-looking font for “laser technology”!
Comment by TootsNYC — March 10, 2008 @ 4:50 pm |
Could they have purposefully mispelled it? People name their businesses AAA Movers and such so its listed first in the Yellow Pages category.
Comment by rpmason — March 11, 2008 @ 12:05 pm |
Just yesterday I saw someone use “avant guard”…
Comment by tk. — March 11, 2008 @ 12:24 pm |
Good question, rpmason, I was wondering the same thing.
Comment by mightyredpen — March 11, 2008 @ 6:27 pm |