Suites Flamingo

The condominium’s correct name is Suites Flamingos, with a letter ‘s’ at the end to form the plural, although is most known as Suite Flamingo, without the ‘s’. All legal documents contain the plural form but people and the sign on the door use the singular one, why?

Well, according to senior residents, they used to have a sign on the gate that was very old and eventually in one heavy rain storm, the wind dislodged the ‘s’ at the end of the word ‘Flamingos’ and as the letter got lost, it was not returned to its place. The sign was so old that was beyond repair so it stood like that for a while until the owners’ association in an annual meeting decided to retain the services of a local carpenter to make a new sign. The old sign was given as a sample for size and design; the carpenter was also given clear instructions as that the word ‘Flamingos’ must have an ‘s’ on it.

Unfortunately, the carpenter forgot about the instructions and made a sign just like the old one but spreading the letters evenly and leaving no space to add the missing ‘s’ as it was requested by the property manager in an attempt to correct the mistake when the sign was received. The owners’ association decided to use the sign as it but has already agreed to have a sign with the properly spelled name when the present one would need to be replaced.

So there you have it! It does not matter if you call it Suites Flamingo or Suites Flamingos, it is indeed a very beautiful and special place for the owners and the guests that have honoured us with their visits!