Made with the same care the Bay Birdge is being built with.
Posted on 05/09/2013 12:09:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
There are typos. And then there are typos.
Caltrans could have sure used spellcheck when putting up a new green highway sign Wednesday night on the northbound side of Interstate Highway 880.
It's misspelled.
Instead of directing people to Milpitas off state route 237, the sign directs them to "Milipitas," with an extra "i."
An alert motorist with excellent spelling skills notified NBC Bay Area about the mistake on Thursday. NBC Bay Area then alerted Caltrans, who said the news agency was the first to report it, according to spokesman Bernard Walik.
Before noon, the misspelling was covered in white. The sign will be fixed within two weeks. He said there would be no cost to taxpayers, because the contractor who made the mistake will have to remedy it on his own.
This is not the first misspelled roadsign. Google images is full of sings with extra "t's" and missing "e's." School was spelled "shool" and "temporarily" was spelled with two "ll's."
Check out some in these images below.
Made with the same care the Bay Birdge is being built with.
Milpitas being invaded with millipedes.
You would think that the news editor would have gone over this story with a fine tooth comb before posting it.
I hate it when the road sings. We have to turn the radio way up!
Now if they spelled it “Milliways”, that would have been creepy...
“Milliways”
If Millie weighs 237 she needs to go on a diet!
When I left Erie, PA 25 years ago, I had seen a sign almost every day for years that got under my skin. On my way out for the last day, I stopped in the business and asked “ How much did you pay for that sign out front?” the guy said a lot. Why? I said “Get your money back. You’ve been screwed” He went out with me and looked up at the sign that said “Baber Shop”. For 15 years nobody had noticed it.
I think that’s from the Algonquin for “many delicious flat bread sandwiches”.
The way I learned to care about spelling on the job was through nuns who would make me rewrite a whole essay to correct any spelling or punctuation errors. Ouch, needless to say! : )
He who is without typos, let him cast the first scone.
Yikes. How many times did that happen to you?
I’m gonna drive over there just to see how this idiots misspelled Milpinas
Better do it at Sunday 2:00. That is a pretty Trafficy place, right?
You beat me to the idea. See post 15.
Lulz
Um......
or a fine tooth coam.
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