A Souvenir of Florida

Redditor grecianformula69 shared a picture of a treasured family heirloom that was bought during a Florida vacation in 1983. If you can't read everything that's printed on it, you can enlarge it greatly here. Floridians and geography nerds came into the comments to speculate on what went wrong. This ashtray was made long before Google translate was available, and it wouldn't have been this bad even in its early stages. But then they all realized that Tallahassee is the only word spelled correctly. How did that happen? Natives of Vtiike, Odemdo, and other Florida cities seem to agree that it must have been manufactured in Tallahassee, possibly at Florida State University.

 

Honestly, the most logical explanation is that the cities were listed phonetically in a non-Western alphabet, and translated in a Third World factory by someone who was given no time to research the words, or else was not paid enough to care. Possibly both. But it's much more fun to blame it on Florida Man!   


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You certainly have your work cut out for you. I'm glad you are working hard to get back to where you were before your stroke. My father in law had a stroke and refused to do exercises to help him walk again. That was, IMO, a dumb thing to do. You, on the other hand, are smart and obviously motivated to get better. Am sending you positive vibes and good wishes to you. I love a fighter/survivor.
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Oh, it really disables a person. I had to teach myself how to walk again. Started out in a walker but now I can walk about 5000 steps per day (3 years later) unaided. I now visit a Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist, and Neurologist: all once per month. Not everyone "dies" as a stroke therapy group I belong to (one of many! Reddit even has one) can attest. And not everyone fully recovers. I still have trouble writing and have to practice every day, not to mention all of the exercises (about 3 hours in total: speech, occupational (hand), and body exercises I do as assigned by various therapists. I lost my job as a result of a stroke and then COVID downsizing.
A stroke is a brain injury. But people don't make fun of paraplegics, someone who can no longer speak, or people disfigured by burns all caused by an "event" like a car crash It can have a different effect on many people depending upon where in the brain it happens. Maybe if you or your loved one had a stroke, it might not be so funny and you might not be so flippant about a brain injury.
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