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Library's artist should have checked out a dictionary 11 of mosaic's 175 famous names misspelled
SFGate ^
Posted on 10/08/2004 1:07:37 PM PDT by SableGal
A colorful mosaic gracing the entrance of Livermore's new library has 11 of the 175 names and words on the piece misspelled -- from "Eistein" and "Shakespere" to "Van Gough" and "Michaelangelo."
The $40,000 project now will cost the city a few thousand more because it must pay the artist to fly from her Miami home and correct the mistakes. was unapologetic about the blunders when she told the Associated Press that others present when the mosaic was installed should have caught them.
Besides, she said, it's art.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: allyourspelling; arebelongtous; art; california; education; library; spelling
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I especially like this part: "A divided City Council voted 3-2 on Monday to pay artist Maria Alquilar $6,000 -- plus expenses -- to correct the errors because state law bars the city from removing or changing public art without the creator's consent."
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:07:37 PM PDT
by
SableGal
To: SableGal
I can't believe they paid her to fix her own mistake
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:08:39 PM PDT
by
petrotsky
(Posting irrelevancies since Sept. 23, 2004)
To: petrotsky
Yes, and I can't believe her attitude.
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:10:28 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(..........So many vanities.................so little bandwidth............)
To: SableGal
does spelling count? I don't think so.. so long as I can easily figure out what the person is talking about, like you can 90% of the time when someone misspells a word. I don't care, some people on the other hand get really anal about spelling and grammar.
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:12:08 PM PDT
by
FesterUSMC
(If you don't have the hammer you are going to be the anvil, and I would rather be the hammer!)
To: FesterUSMC
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:14:13 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: FesterUSMC
does spelling count?This should be:
Does spelling count?
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:14:26 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: FesterUSMC
Ahem, spelling and grammar are very important if you are to be taken seriously. If you suggest they are not important, then why bother having them taught in schools??
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:14:38 PM PDT
by
rockabyebaby
(What goes around, comes around!)
To: petrotsky
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:14:59 PM PDT
by
rockabyebaby
(What goes around, comes around!)
To: SableGal
I would just post a sign: "All spelling errors are the responsibility of artist Maria Alquilar," perhaps along with a picture, and listing the correct spellings. Let her be a laughing stock for a while.
"The people that are into humanities, and are into (William) Blake's concept of enlightenment,
LADY, BLAKE WAS A FREAK AND SO ARE YOU!
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:15:58 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
To: rockabyebaby
I agree, THEY ARE important, on official documents.. but on the fly in a chat room...?
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:16:04 PM PDT
by
FesterUSMC
(If you don't have the hammer you are going to be the anvil, and I would rather be the hammer!)
To: rockabyebaby
It is vey series. Stunes my beeber.
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:17:18 PM PDT
by
bk1000
("We will take things away from you for the common good.": -HRC)
To: SableGal
Spilling is snot impotent
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:17:22 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Dan Rather, "I lied, but I lied about the truth".)
To: headsonpikes
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:17:32 PM PDT
by
FesterUSMC
(If you don't have the hammer you are going to be the anvil, and I would rather be the hammer!)
To: atomicpossum
No, they should just post a sign saying: "Mural by Mario Allcollar."
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:17:56 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: FesterUSMC
(If you don't have the hammer you are going to be the anvil, and I would rather be the hammer!)And you mix your pronouns in your tagline...
More correct: "If you are not the hammer, you are going to be the anvil, and I would rather be the hammer!"
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:18:04 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: FesterUSMC
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:18:24 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: FesterUSMC; headsonpikes
It's Lester to you! You misspelled 'Lesser.'
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:19:13 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
To: SableGal
There's more to the story today. My local Livermore paper reported that the artist is now *refusing* to come correct the work, and instead wants the city to *pay her* to come rip the whole thing out!
She says she's received racist emails and death threats since this story went national yesterday.
I'd post the article but I've never posted an article to FR and am not sure how. But it was in the Contra Costa Times today.
To: FesterUSMC
Everyone makes mistakes whyle typing. :o) However, some basic rules of grammar and/or spelling are important if one is to be taken seriously. Every time I see the word "loose" used for "lose", it drives me batty. 9 times out of 10, that isn't a typing error. Someone simply does not know the difference.
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:20:23 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(I < heart > Lana Lang!)
To: SableGal
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posted on
10/08/2004 1:20:28 PM PDT
by
Sloth
("Rather is TV's real-life Ted Baxter, without Baxter's quiet dignity." -- Ann Coulter)
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