How Do You Spell Pittsburgh?

Posted by Queuebot in Everything Else on July 16, 2009 at 7:31 pm



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The Grant Building, one of the downtown skyscrapers in Pittsburgh has an aviation beacon that instead of flashing at regular intervals, was set up to flash in Morse code the letters that spell "Pittsburgh".

This year, Tom Stepleton, a recreational pilot familiar with Morse code noticed that the letters transmitted by the beacon spelled… "PITETSBKRRH."

The one-minute video clip above shows the sequence.  The city has tried to fix the problem, but after the first attempt, the beacon is now flashing … "TPEBTSAURGH."

More on the story at the Pitetsbkrrh … oops, sorry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Link

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6 comments to "How Do You Spell Pittsburgh?"

  1. Alex
    July 16th, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    Pittsburgh. P-I-T-E-T-S-B-K-R-R-H. Pittsburgh.

  2. Kalel
    July 16th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    "Drink your Ovaltine"

  3. Alon
    July 16th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    TPEBTSAURGH. So much better than PITETSBKRRH.

    I can understand the original misspelling (kinda), but to spell it worse the second time? That's just...special.

  4. Mytake
    July 16th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    That's because the employee responsible for it is actually a lolcat.

  5. Johnny Cat
    July 16th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    ironic LOL MyTake!

  6. renderanything
    July 16th, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    It now begs the question, "How long has it been doing that?".


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