Billboard spelling error creates embarrassment (Perfect ad for public schools!)

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/Billboard-Spelling-Error-Creates-Embarrassment-103312449.html ^

[Red in Blue PA]

SOUTH BEND — If you ever wondered how much difference just one letter can make when it comes to a message, ask the thousands of people who drove by a digital billboard near the intersection of Ironwood and State Road 23 between Thursday and Monday morning.

The ad urged people to go to the "southbendon.com" website for a look at the "15 best things about our pubic schools." That's right, the billboard said "pubic" instead of "public" schools. The letter "L" had been left out of the word public.

Lee MacMillan of South Bend said his wife spotted the error on Saturday while sitting in traffic.

"She got home and said, ‘I can't believe it said what I think it said,’" MacMillan recalls.

"So we were out driving around yesterday and sure enough, it had that typo in it. So we took a picture and the rest is history, as they say," MacMillan adds.

[Red in Blue PA]

[Young Werther]

So they’re tellin’ everyone to get the L outta here!

[Flightdeck]

Somebody send this article to Boortz

[exit82]

Pubic schools.

Yeah, so what is inaccurate about the billboard? /s

[ZULU]

Sort of like what Carl Rove is - a Repubican.

[Col Frank Slade]

hahahahahahaha

Incredible. They can’t even spell check their own billboard.

[flutters]

Also, avoid beginning a sentence with a number that is not written out.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Dude! That’s hairy!

[tuckrdout]

What? What is wrong with that? It is accurate as far as the schools in Helena MT goes...this is where they put the focus of schools these days.

[blam]

"Also, avoid beginning a sentence with a number that is not written out."

Exactly.

That was what I was taught but few seem to observe this rule anymore.

[blam]

"Also, avoid beginning a sentence with a number that is not written out."

Exactly.

That was what I was taught but few seem to observe this rule anymore.

[Ro_Thunder]

Hairy was the 70’s. It’s all hardwood floors now.

[andy58-in-nh]

[Dr. Sivana]

Also, avoid beginning a sentence with a number that is not written out.

That rule goes out the window for advertising purposes. Numerals are eye-catching and short. THat's why so many book titles do the same thing. The editors who prepared 7 Habits of Highly Effective People knew what they were doing.

[Mr. Jazzy]

“But, but, but the spell check said everything was OK!?!?”