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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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".
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.
I think you mean they went to Y'aIl.
People do it online all the time. Back in reddit days (pre-fediverse), I never saw a front page post without some grammatical or spelling mishap.
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Oh no, rage bait posts have come to real life.
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".
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:
- That will be the best produce you have ever laid eyes on.
- The person misspelled things on purpose, to grab peoples’ attention.
- 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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I was gonna say, you'd have to work hard to misspell this hard. Twas not accidental. 10/10 marketing!
dude's marketing worked on me. you can't misspeel that badly unintentionallly
Fucking hell "maters" 🍅
I mean, those are the ones actually spelled correctly for the regional dialect.
Tbh, excepting maybe bail peprs, I think they’re all written phonetically for the local accent.
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Tried too hard. Anyone who's illiterate with that much phonetic knowledge would've gone for peper at least.
Zucchini
Potatoes + Tomatoes
Jalapenos
Bell Pepper
Thank you for the deciphering, I was completely lost at potat 'n' tomat
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When you can't write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.
AND a superiority complex
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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.
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.
Too stupid to spot an obvious and funny marketing gimmick.
"Murica dumb!"
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Really puts the hick in vee-hickle
Bet those maters taste awesome tho...
Exact what I was thinking. The less literate the farmer, the better the yield!
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Fear not the man who has spelt 10000 words right but the man who sold their education to grow hallopinyos.
Hey, that's good marketing. It grabs attention and we're talking about it.
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IRL rage bait
I can read every bit of it. Its really more phonetic than most road side produce signs around here.
Technically, “bail” is a word… it’s not the right word but it is a word.
Here's my lawyer with bail papers.
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Yet i know whats for sale.
Common Wittgenstein W.
It’s funny cause I can still read and understand what they are selling.
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So this shows that America is great again. Obvs.
Showing the brilliance of the American education system
It ain't got no gas in it!
I need hella penis for muh salsa.
Smh can't even spell gellapinnose right.
Person drives up and starts bitching at this guy.
His response?
"I have no words." [Throws his hands up]
Brilliant marketing campaign!
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