[Ads-l] Dew as I due

[Ben Zimmer]

That's certainly an intentional pun, one of many on electronic highway
signs in New Jersey. Enjoy those puns while you can, since they won't be
allowed soon.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2024/01/19/federal-highway-administration-nj-electric-signs-ban/72272497007/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/us/driver-electronic-signs-federal-highway-administration.html

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM James Landau <
00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> At least two electronic signs on I-76 in New Jersey read:
> AVOID DISTRACTIONS
> DONUT EAT WHILE DRIVING
> This might be a malaprop or a speech recognition error, but having seen a
> few imaginative signs on I-76 in New Jersey, I wonder if it might have been
> deliberate
> OFF-TOPIC:  "do" is both a homophone and a heterophone(do, dew, due  and
> do (musical note), dought, doe).I don't know of any others.
>
>

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