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| Trancealot |
I was checking out AOL weird but true news.
Look at title and then look at the bottom.
Town Fixes Sign With 20-Year-Old Typo
AP
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (March 8) - The city of Hagerstown corrected a municipal spelling error Thursday, 20 years after committing it. A sign directing drivers to "Municpal Stadium" was replaced with one displaying the proper spelling, Erik Kline, city traffic control supervisor, said.
The sign was first placed at the corner of Frederick Street and East Memorial Boulevard in the mid- to late 1908s, but the error went uncorrected until Hagerstown's Herald-Mail brought it to City Hall's attention this week, prompted by a reader's complaint.
Kline said the longtime tolerance for the misspelled sign doesn't reflect poorly on the western Maryland city of 38,000.
"I think it was a mistake that was made. I don't know that it necessarily makes us look bad," Kline said.
mid- to late 1908s :haha: |
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| Lira |
I can understand them... I actually read "Municipal Stadium" twice, and took me a while to notice the missing "i". When you're driving, all you want is to get the "idea" and as soon as the letters look like what you want to read, you pay no more attention.
"Municiple Stadium" would've been a lot worse :p |
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| Omega_M |
| i misred that one as well. |
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| noikeee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trancealot
I was checking out AOL weird but true news.
Look at title and then look at the bottom.
Town Fixes Sign With 20-Year-Old Typo
AP
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (March 8) - The city of Hagerstown corrected a municipal spelling error Thursday, 20 years after committing it. A sign directing drivers to "Municpal Stadium" was replaced with one displaying the proper spelling, Erik Kline, city traffic control supervisor, said.
The sign was first placed at the corner of Frederick Street and East Memorial Boulevard in the mid- to late 1908s, but the error went uncorrected until Hagerstown's Herald-Mail brought it to City Hall's attention this week, prompted by a reader's complaint.
Kline said the longtime tolerance for the misspelled sign doesn't reflect poorly on the western Maryland city of 38,000.
"I think it was a mistake that was made. I don't know that it necessarily makes us look bad," Kline said.
mid- to late 1908s :haha: |
If you think that's an HUGE UNACCEPTABLE journalism mistake, you should read the online version of the sports newspaper i read ( www.abola.pt ). Sometimes it's like entering the twilight zone - I wonder how in hell did they become professional journalists. I often find like, 5 spelling and 3 factual mistakes in a single news story. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| Holy carp, a town full of dyslexics! |
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| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Holy carp, a town full of dyslexics! |
lol!
I reckon they're BS'ing and no one noticed it for 99years... local council governments are kind of like the lowest of the low in terms of politicians. Not smart of charismatic enough to do anything important and only motivated when provided with blackmail or kick-backs. |
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