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[–] 106 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not sure if this is the guy I'm thinking of, but at least one roadside vegetable seller does this sort of thing deliberately. After all, a sign with such... unique spelling is much more attention grabbing than a simple list of vegetables.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    A lot of them do, especially the secretly commercial stands that are getting all too common. Like the cat says, "you are not immune to propaganda advertising".

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    The consultant and artist who conceived and realized that sign both went to Yale. The company who holds a regulatory-captured monopoly on all Texas roadside produce stands paid their agency $6.5M for this design.

    And just because I made this up, doesn't mean it's not true.

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  • [–] 78 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I know the exact spot this is from years ago. Its just north of a little town called Lindale (North of Tyler, south of Mineola).

    Dudes hallopinos were actually pretty legit. He also had the sign misspelled so poorly because it "gets people's attention and makes em laugh".

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I was going to take a guess. As someone who has dealt with random farmers in the middle of nowhere, at least one of the two are going to be true:

    1. That will be the best produce you have ever laid eyes on.
    2. The person misspelled things on purpose, to grab peoples’ attention.
    3. You’ll be able to fill an entire grocery bag with produce, for like $3.

    There are a lot of places like this, where you’ll get some really high quality stuff for basically no money. As long as you’re friendly, they’ll usually give you some crazy good deals.

    The best tamales you’ll ever taste? They come out of the back of a beat-up minivan in a hardware store parking lot, at the crack of dawn. Just cruise through a Home Depot lot as the sun is rising, and look for the car surrounded by people. Bring cash in small bills.

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  • [–] 70 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Fucking hell "maters" 🍅

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I mean, those are the ones actually spelled correctly for the regional dialect.

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    [–] 60 points 1 year ago

    Tried too hard. Anyone who's illiterate with that much phonetic knowledge would've gone for peper at least.

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh they are bilingual.

    Hallo Pinyo, wer auch immer du bist.

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    [–] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Zucchini

    Potatoes + Tomatoes

    Jalapenos

    Bell Pepper

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    [–] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    When you can't write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    "literally no words"

    look inside

    words

    cat

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    [–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Reading the comments shows a lot of people do not understand satire, especially when the opportunity to talk trash about America/Texas/American education is on the line.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Poe's law. Maybe it's satire. Equally possible it's ignorance.

    The AVERAGE reading level in the US is seventh grade. We're at the point where they might as well retranslate the Bible back to Latin because people can't barely read it.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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    [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Really puts the hick in vee-hickle

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Fear not the man who has spelt 10000 words right but the man who sold their education to grow hallopinyos.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hey, that's good marketing. It grabs attention and we're talking about it.

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Bet those maters taste awesome tho...

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    IRL rage bait

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It’s funny cause I can still read and understand what they are selling.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Yet i know whats for sale.

    Common Wittgenstein W.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    I can read every bit of it. Its really more phonetic than most road side produce signs around here.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I instantly forgot how to spell zookeene.

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Badly written to get people to stop. Like “Graj sale”

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Technically, “bail” is a word… it’s not the right word but it is a word.

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    So this shows that America is great again. Obvs.

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Showing the brilliance of the American education system

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Smh can't even spell gellapinnose right.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I need hella penis for muh salsa.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    It ain't got no gas in it!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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