Cringe-inducing typo outside N.C. school

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  1. Johnny Lightning Go Bolts

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    Well, here's something to make your old English teacher gasp in horror: A road contractor hired to paint the word "school" on a freshly paved stretch of road near Southern Guilford High School in North Carolina rendered the traffic area in question a "shcool" zone.

    But fear not for the (surely confused) youth of Greensboro! The contractor, a company called Traffic Markings, has already corrected the error. Here's visual evidence, courtesy of local TV station WXII.

    This isn't the first such mishap on record. Last year, for instance, a Miami-area road crew offered the variant spelling of "scohol," while in 2007, a team in Kalamazoo, Mich., managed the same "h" and "c" reversal.

    Chalk it all up to a bad day's wrok.

    :lol:

    VIDEO - http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...tional-system-captured-in-a-single-photograph
  2. D4L BoltTalker

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    Wow. Sadly I'm sure it happens more then is reported. Not Cool. Road crew should fix thier error on thier own time.
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    hooked on phonics worked for dem
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    I wonder if that was painted before or after lunch?
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    this is what happens with the dumbing down of america
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    They should have just spelled it "skool".....might've been easier for them to "reed" :lol:
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