Posted by Jim at April 2nd, 2004

A few years ago, my wife and I happened to be at Eastown Deli. While we sat there we happened to notice a truck with the words “Steel Erection Company” on the door.

I’m going to guess that they came up with that name in the 1940’s. It’s probably a decent work-a-day name for a construction company–at least it used to be.

It just goes to show how a shift in the most commonly used meaning of a word can really cause you pain sometimes.

Disclaimer: I just noted that between yesterday and today, this blog seems to have taken a turn for the icky. Hopefully I’ll have something more high minded tomorrow.