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Re: Magnificent new Scottish achievement: Tourist Board Excels         

Group: alt.nuke.the.usa · Group Profile
Author: Robert Peffers
Date: Dec 1, 2007 15:54

"The Rifleman" northland.com> wrote in message
news:6qWdneHibP1Yr9LaRVnyiwA@bt.com...
>
> "Paul C" thersgb.net> wrote in message
> news:so4uk3553ol04k2hn8o7c2hlet3oii54gb@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:46:02 -0000, "The Rifleman"
>> northland.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Arthur Brain" hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:23abf707-d6c8-468c-b815-
>>>>
>>>> AFTER spending six months and $282,000 on a new slogan, Scottish
>>>> tourism officials have come up with ... "Welcome to Scotland".
>>>>
>>>On the Anglish side of the border ( the side thats not strewn with empty
>>>McEwans tins and vomit) the English sign says
>>>WELCOME TO ENGLAND ( it did not costs anything to work out, just common
>>>sense) with the following text underneath
>>>Scottish visiters
>>
>> You'd have thought the English would at least have been able to spell
>> 'visitors' correctly.
>>
>> I'd imagined that Trifleman's lamentable illiteracy was not
>> representative of the English people, but if that is what the sign
>> states then it looks as if I've been wrong all along.
>>
>
> The spelling wont matter much , its aimed at the scots who either can not
> read or are to drunk to read, mind you apparently they can all spell
> Social Security & Dole Office
>

Strange that you managed it just fine but could not spell, "too", within
those same few words.
I wonder why?
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