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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (5 children)

that said, paying for a billboard with a misspelled facebook meme is a really funny use of your car dealership inheritance money

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Yeah you should see some of the crap billboards idiots buy in the south, I saw one on vacation that just said something like "What happened to personal responsibility? Let's bring it back!"

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There used to be a big one on a nearly barren highway outside of my hometown that just said "Jesus hates abortions!" And it had a stock image of Jesus that still had some kind of watermark on it

    America sure is a country

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    It's still hilarious that no one along the whole chain designing, printing, and installing that billboard noticed the obvious spelling mistake.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    it's not the job of the people who sell and maintain the ad space to tell the customer that their ad is stupid

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    They might be playing 4D chess and thinking spelling it phonetically is the only way to keep it comprehensible to the hogs who are driving right by.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Alright, I'm being a pedant, but how is "dimensia" any more phonetic than "dementia"? If anything "dimensia" is less phonetic since all the common -sia words are pronounced /-ʒə/ and all the common -tia words are pronounced /-ʃə/. The "dimensia" spelling is influenced by "dimension", but that's not strictly the same as being phonetic.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I guess what I meant is the -sh sound is likely to be known across more reading levels than the -tia sound because it comes up earlier in reading education. The first spelling, when sounded out, more readily reproduces "dementia" as the remedial reader has heard it ambiently

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    "Your going to the camps!"

    "Um actually it's spelled *you're heh, owned MAGA"

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Honestly more power to people who spell words "wrong". Generally the best way to have a successful spelling reform is to look for common misspellings and make them a part of the standard.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I'll take your brains to another dimension

    I'll take your brains to another dimension

    I'll take your brains to another dimension

    Pay close attention

    [epic beat drops]

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  • [+] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
    [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Spellcheck Man!

    Faster than a speeding typo!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Borden is finushed.

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