ZOOKEENE
ZOOKEENE
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To be fair though... We can all still read and understand it.
Tater+Maters is actually a pretty cool way to get Potatoes and Tomatoes together on one line but still have them as separate items. And "Bail Pepr" is an interesting one because you can't help but read it in the accent it's presumably spoken with.
I think this is an interesting sign. It is certainly funny in its own sort of slice-of-life way, but I'm also not big on picking on people who can't write or read to the same level as others.
Of course, this could also be intentional lol
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We can still read it and understand it
As a non native English speaker : smashing X to doubt
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Apologies, I wasn't careful with my words. By "we" I meant native or fluent speakers/readers of the language this is written in (English). I can totally see how that would be different for people who aren't as familiar with English ✌️
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As a native English speaker, I just thought it was a different language entirely until I read the title.
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as a non native English speaker, I can understand it.
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I can understand it now that I sat down and parsed it for a minute or two. I don't think I could identify it while driving a vehicle though.
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Who's dumber? The farmer with a clever marketing gimmick? The people calling him stupid? We may never know.
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That person passed a written and physical driving test
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Maybe?
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Likely!
Of course, the written driving test can be very picture centric. Good road signs are designed to work for folks who cannot read, since some folks cannot read.
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And you failed the "spotting on obvious gimmick" test.
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It's Texas. Just strap on one of your many pistols, and they automatically pass you.
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What is "Tater + Maters"?
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Potatoes and tomatoes
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Crikey!
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I got taters and maters right away but the rest my brain took a hot second to get.
I'd buy some taters tbh.
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The UK is so protective of their internet because if pictures like these spread to Charles III, he would die instantly. They don't want you to know this vulnerability, discovered after Liz Truss was like "Look what I just saw" an shoved her phone in front of the Queen's face.
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donald trump is selling veg??? no covfefe?
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Ok, I can understand someone who's not a good speller and not familiar with Italian or Spanish not knowing how to spell zucchini and jalapeno. And "tater" is a pretty accepted nickname for potatoes, and "mater" just fits with that pretty nicely.
But how the fuck do you misspell "bell pepper"? Coulda been funny if it did a porky-pig style thing where it tries to write capsicum a few times, crosses those out, and then just writes "bell pepper".
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It's phonetic with a strong accent. Likely they've never seen it written down or heard it without the accent
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It’s phonetic with a strong accent
I've gone looking and unfortunately can't find a proper name for it (like with the "cot/caught" merger or the "pin/pen" merger), but there does indeed seem to be attestations of a sort of "bail/bell merger" in parts of America, including Texas. Neat!
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BAIL PEPR
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You are clearly wrong. Right spelling is "Bail Paper".
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(contesting the assertion in the original image) "Bail" is a word.
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Bail pepr. They did nothing wrong
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There is literally one word
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Yeah, but I bet it's the best veg you've ever eaten.
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Relevant username.
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Got any more o' them zooks?
Well now I just really want to call them zooks for the rest of my life.