April 25, 2009: Spelling Nazis Win

xoxoxoBruce · 04-25-2009, 12:16 AM

After years of pissing and moaning, the spelling Nazis have won.
As reported by the far flung China Daily, 3news New Zealand, England's Mail Online, NPR, and numerous web sites, the town of Webster Massachusetts will finally correct the spelling on two signs for the local lake.

For years many people, myself included, thought it meant, "I fish on my side, you fish on your side, and nobody fishes in the middle".
But now that the correct spelling has been brought forward, it clearly means, "The fishing place at the boundaries, the neutral meeting ground".

I'm glad that's been cleared up.

SPUCK · 04-25-2009, 04:44 AM

Drunks two nights in a row?!

richlevy · 04-25-2009, 10:48 AM

The Japanese are laughing at us for having silly names?

lumberjim · 04-25-2009, 10:58 AM

that video is awesome

chagagoo mu gaggago mu gaggagoo gamong

over and over and over again in a translated japanese

richlevy · 04-25-2009, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

that video is awesome

chagagoo mu gaggago mu gaggagoo gamong

over and over and over again in a translated japanese

Actually, a better phonetic spelling would be

Shagogagog Man-Chogagog Shubungagungamog based on the pronunciation from the NPR story.

Now if the R is silent, why bother including it?

hipshot · 04-25-2009, 03:00 PM

<Desperately seeking some kind of witty nexus between this and drunken gorillas>

Nothing. I got nothing, man.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-25-2009, 03:16 PM

MA turnpike authorty sign painters and drunken gorillas perhaps?

hipshot · 04-25-2009, 08:39 PM

See what I mean?

Impossible....

xoxoxoBruce · 04-25-2009, 11:18 PM

lol2:

Kingswood · 05-01-2009, 07:07 AM

How did the sign come to be misspelt in the first place? I suspect someone's penmanship wasn't up to scratch.

"It's an aitch."
"No, looks like an en to me."
"But ens don't have long ascenders."
"Hmm, maybe you're right. Perhaps it IS an aitch. Hey, nobody's gonna notice anyway."
peels backing off H<schlup!> and attaches it to sign <splut!>

04-25-2009, 12:16 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	April 25, 2009: Spelling Nazis Win After years of pissing and moaning, the spelling Nazis have won. As reported by the far flung China Daily, 3news New Zealand, England's Mail Online, NPR, and numerous web sites, the town of Webster Massachusetts will finally correct the spelling on two signs for the local lake. For years many people, myself included, thought it meant, "I fish on my side, you fish on your side, and nobody fishes in the middle". But now that the correct spelling has been brought forward, it clearly means, "The fishing place at the boundaries, the neutral meeting ground". I'm glad that's been cleared up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-25-2009, 10:48 AM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	The Japanese are laughing at us for having silly names? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-25-2009, 10:58 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	that video is awesome chagagoo mu gaggago mu gaggagoo gamong over and over and over again in a translated japanese __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-25-2009, 03:00 PM	#6
hipshot Enlarged to show texture Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 80	<Desperately seeking some kind of witty nexus between this and drunken gorillas> Nothing. I got nothing, man. __________________ "When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car."

04-25-2009, 03:16 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	MA turnpike authorty sign painters and drunken gorillas perhaps? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-25-2009, 04:44 AM	#2
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Drunks two nights in a row?!

04-25-2009, 08:39 PM	#8
hipshot Enlarged to show texture Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 80	See what I mean? Impossible.... __________________ "When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car."

04-25-2009, 11:18 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	lol2: __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-01-2009, 07:07 AM	#10
Kingswood Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 316	How did the sign come to be misspelt in the first place? I suspect someone's penmanship wasn't up to scratch. "It's an aitch." "No, looks like an en to me." "But ens don't have long ascenders." "Hmm, maybe you're right. Perhaps it IS an aitch. Hey, nobody's gonna notice anyway." peels backing off H<schlup!> and attaches it to sign <splut!> __________________ Ur is a city in Mesopotamia.

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