Misspelled Highway Sign

Posted by Miss Cellania in Odd News on July 27, 2009 at 1:26 am


A sign on Highway 51 in Wisconsin points to exit 185. There are four words on the sign, and three are misspelled. “Exit” was correctly spelled.

David Vieth, director of the bureau of highway operations for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, said the mistake was made by Decker Supply Company of Madison, which printed the sign.

The sign for exit 185 on southbound Highway 51 reads “Buisness 51 Rothschield Schofeild.”

Link -via Fark

By Sunday morning, the sign had been replaced. Link

(image credit: Corey Schjoth/Wausau Daily Herald)


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11 comments to "Misspelled Highway Sign"

  1. Skipweasel
    July 27th, 2009 at 4:08 am

    Near us is The Phoenix School - one road sign for which reads Pheonix. The local paper misprinted it in 1" headlines the other day, too.
    Another local school has a sign "Pupils Entrance". Now, I'm glad they find children interesting, but entrancing sounds a little creepy. Besides, you'd thing a school could get apostrophes right.

  2. SenorMysterioso
    July 27th, 2009 at 5:09 am

    Yeah, I'd thing they could

  3. Gail Pink
    July 27th, 2009 at 7:43 am

    I'd "thing" they could, too. ;)
    But yeah, misspellings on Highway, etc. signs are inexcusable.

  4. SWFLguy
    July 27th, 2009 at 7:49 am

    We had signs along a road construction project near me that read "ROAD SUBJET TO FLOODING". I was always looking around for some of those subjets. The signs have since been fixed.

  5. Foreigner1
    July 27th, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Possible reaction of that company:
    Hey- If the customer asks for that, who are we to write it corect?

    ...Oh you guys say it wos our foult...? ...Dont think so- we never make misstakes in spelling so see ya in cort!

  6. befu
    July 27th, 2009 at 9:33 am

    Ah, I know EXACTLY where that sign is because I used to live in Wausau. They finally finished the 51/20 exchange AFTER I MOVED DANGIT.

  7. seefish3
    July 27th, 2009 at 10:08 am

    Funny, but this is the LAST place that should be pointing fingers at mis-spellers.

  8. befu
    July 27th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Er, that should be the 51/29 exchange. Apparently I can't type.

  9. Skipweasel
    July 27th, 2009 at 11:03 am

    It is, of course, axiomatic that any post criticising spelling or grammar should contain at least once such error.

    See.

  10. Disco
    July 28th, 2009 at 9:17 am

    I assume that the sign company will replace the sign. Those things are extremely expensive to make and install.

  11. Miss Cellania
    July 28th, 2009 at 9:30 am

    They already have.


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