[Ads-l] Dew as I due

[Amy West]

Glad to see that NJ is resisting the "No humorous messages" Diktat from 
the federal HSTA. MA has caved: no more "Use yah blinkah" messages. :-(

---Amy West

On 4/25/24 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:44:23 +0000
> From:    James Landau<jjjrlandau at NETSCAPE.COM>
> Subject: Dew as I due
>
> 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.
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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