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#233079 - 10/01/11 04:55 PM Re: Why Spelling and Punctuation Is Important [Re: Bingley]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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Originally Posted By: Bingley
I suspect all the signs were done by one person. My guess is he tried to make the "handwriting" (spraypaintwriting?) different, but there is a certain larger similarity amongst the characters from the three signs. The white poster suggests to me that this is a clever ad from a print shop, perhaps targeting a rural clientele.

You may be right. This setup looks like a play on the phrase "dirt cheap." However, the professional sign does not give the name of a business nor contact information.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any sign company.

Jeanette Isabelle
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#233080 - 10/01/11 05:18 PM Re: Why Spelling and Punctuation Is Important [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
KenK Offline
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#233084 - 10/01/11 07:14 PM Re: Why Spelling and Punctuation Is Important [Re: ]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
"bearels"...

Those are fat bears, right?

Sue

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#233089 - 10/01/11 08:54 PM Re: Why Spelling and Punctuation Is Important [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
ireckon Offline
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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#233113 - 10/02/11 09:59 AM Re: Why Spelling and Punctuation Is Important [Re: ireckon]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
Quote:
...the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.


Possible to do, but not comfy, and I certainly can't read it as fast.

But if you don't know the difference between Recipe, Receipt, Receive, Recipiant, etc, because you've been taught spelling on the American Plan, what happens then?

Sue

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#233123 - 10/02/11 05:07 PM Re: Why Spelling and Punctuation Is Important [Re: Susan]
ireckon Offline
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Loc: Northern California
Also, I doubt if it works for those who read English as a second language. Likewise, I could not read, for example, Spanish if the words were jumbled like that. Anyway, I have to admit the paragraph shocked me the first time I read it. Most of the words are not identifiable outside the context of the paragraph, pretty funny.
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#233133 - 10/02/11 11:15 PM Re: Why Spelling and Punctuation Is Important [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
jzmtl Offline
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Registered: 03/18/10
Posts: 530
Loc: Montreal Canada
English is my 2nd language and I can read that just fine, although I've been reading English for a damn long time.

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