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?
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
NO BICYClE PARKING
Alan Belsky, first time caller, long time lowercase Listener, submits this duct taped drama from the heart of Brooklyn. Discovered at the Branded Saloon on Vanderbilt, the keen observer will recognize early signs of distress with the frayed uppercase i in BICYClE, which was likely first written as a Y. By the time he got to the second C, the author must have seen the writing on the wall, and resorted to the lowercase L squeeze technique. Bonus points for the overcompensatory uppercase L in LandLord.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)