Tonight while watching the most recent episode of Smash ("The Tonys") on IMDb through Hulu, I spotted the strangest lowercase L. I have some hearing problems so I watch most shows with closed captioning, and there it was my first lowercase L, in the abbreviation for Los Angeles (or l.A.).My guess is that some intern is typing these captions in real time, hit that shift key a split second too late. Or he's actually heading to Iowa.
Ever notice hand-written signs with letters in all-caps, except for the letter L? It looks like an uppercase i ...
WHY DO PEOPlE WRITE lIKE THIS?
Thursday, May 30, 2013
ClOSED CAPTIONING
Jacky explains:
Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Monday, May 06, 2013
The VIGIlANTE
Who is responsible for correcting typos and grammar on placards in the sculpture garden of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn? I swear, it wasn't me. But I like his style.
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
OlD BulB
Found in my father-in-law's basement, an OlD BulB went off, reminding me that misusing a lowercase L when storing junk in the closet is not an unheard of phenomenon. Also noticed the single correctly capitalized OLD Bulb in the lower left corner, and wondered if that bulb burned out on a different day.
Thanks for the photo, Moshe Kurzweil!
Thanks for the photo, Moshe Kurzweil!
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