Spelling would not seem to be much of a challenge for the ethnic group in question.
They are used to complex spellings ... e.g., Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
Posted on 08/10/2013 12:57:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The misspelling of Jones Beach as “Jonse” on a new sign on Long Island's Robert Moses Parkway is making the rounds on social media.
Jeena Belil, of Brookhaven, who saw the misspelled sign on Facebook, told Newsday she was shocked somebody didn't proofread the sign. …
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Spelling would not seem to be much of a challenge for the ethnic group in question.
They are used to complex spellings ... e.g., Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
?? Living in liberal MA getting to you . . . ?
MA?
The graphic depicts the distribution of Joneses in the UK. Forgot to caption it, sorry.
Basically, it's a Welsh name. And Welsh are pretty good spellers, their language providing examples.
Unlike New Yawk sign-writers with inflated, double-dip public sector pensions.
Most likely triple- and quadruple-dip, the way public sector employees go on. The Long Island RR is lucky to have correctly spelled signs.
how would you pronounce something like that?
Something like “Tlan-vire-pull-gwyn-gill-go-ge-reesh-urn-drub-ool-lantoo-silly-o-go-go-gauche”.
I don't know, but they do it.
If you visit Wales, places like supermarkets will have dual signage. And you will witness locals conversing with the cashiers in Welsh. Astonishingly, the language lives.
Well, I think that’s cool.
lolz
“Jon-say” I would imagine.
I wonder if they’ll consider changing the name of the beach before they consider changing the sign.
Had a hospital worker friend tell me a gal delivered her baby and didn’t have a name picked out so the doc just put Female in the first name box. The mother decided she liked the name Fe-Ma-Le and that became the girl’s name.
That would be messed up for the kid
They all speak perfectly fine UK English.
It's just that some of them also speak fluent Welsh. And it's a point of political pride to preserve the language within the UK.
 The Welsh flag |
 What it really represents, aspirationally |
Sign of the times.................yo yo yo in da house
Brought to you by the people who decided to raise minimum wage and hire those with lower IQ’s.
"The state Department of Transportation says the mistake will be corrected with an adhesive overlay in the next few days."
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