We were working on photographs for volume 2 of That’s Not At Disneyland! (which you should definitely buy, particularly if you want a chance at a free skull juju), when we noticed something interesting. This is from the overhead theming in a store on Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure:
(You can click the image to see it better.)
Check out the horrible spelling of “Doctor” on the microscope kit!
At first, we were feeling all superior because of our advanced spelling skills, but then we got to thinking — what if Disney spelled the word this way on purpose?
To test that possibility, we found a random stranger who admitted to being a Disney Imagineer after we followed him around long enough. According to him:
The spelling is actually correct for the time period depicted in the store’s theming. You see, the store is set in an era before standardized spelling arrived in the United States, so what might seem to us like deviant spelling was completely common at the time.
Once again Imagineers have impressed us with their incredible accuracy!
Tags: docotr, poor excuses, spelling