I’m not sure if this is the guy I’m thinking of, but at least one roadside vegetable seller does this sort of thing deliberately. After all, a sign with such… unique spelling is much more attention grabbing than a simple list of vegetables.
A lot of them do, especially the secretly commercial stands that are getting all too common. Like the cat says, “you are not immune to
propagandaadvertising”.The consultant and artist who conceived and realized that sign both went to Yale. The company who holds a regulatory-captured monopoly on all Texas roadside produce stands paid their agency $6.5M for this design.
And just because I made this up, doesn’t mean it’s not true.
I think you mean they went to Y’aIl.
they also went to jail, but that’s unrelated
People do it online all the time. Back in reddit days (pre-fediverse), I never saw a front page post without some grammatical or spelling mishap.
Spelling errors were frequent, but they got pushed out of meta by just asking a question.
“Here’s a screenshot from [game]. What’s your favourite?”
…and everyone proceeds to just post their fav game without reading any other comments and the post shoots up to the top of /r/all
Oh no, rage bait posts have come to real life.
I know the exact spot this is from years ago. Its just north of a little town called Lindale (North of Tyler, south of Mineola).
Dudes hallopinos were actually pretty legit. He also had the sign misspelled so poorly because it “gets people’s attention and makes em laugh”.
Yeah, I was going to take a guess. As someone who has dealt with random farmers in the middle of nowhere, at least one of the two are going to be true:
- That will be the best produce you have ever laid eyes on.
- The person misspelled things on purpose, to grab peoples’ attention.
- You’ll be able to fill an entire grocery bag with produce, for like $3.
There are a lot of places like this, where you’ll get some really high quality stuff for basically no money. As long as you’re friendly, they’ll usually give you some crazy good deals.
The best tamales you’ll ever taste? They come out of the back of a beat-up minivan in a hardware store parking lot, at the crack of dawn. Just cruise through a Home Depot lot as the sun is rising, and look for the car surrounded by people. Bring cash in small bills.
at least one of the two are going to be true
*lists three items*
I see what you did there. But I’ll still judge you for it…
Glad it at least made someone twitch. I got a good chuckle as I was typing it out.
I was gonna say, you’d have to work hard to misspell this hard. Twas not accidental. 10/10 marketing!
dude’s marketing worked on me. you can’t misspeel that badly unintentionallly
Fucking hell “maters” 🍅
I mean, those are the ones actually spelled correctly for the regional dialect.
Tbh, excepting maybe bail peprs, I think they’re all written phonetically for the local accent.
Nah it’s Zookini for sure
It’s supposedly Tejas and therefore they know how to spell and pronounce jalapeno.
Yeah, I don’t know if they do the right a/e sound there, but that’s 100% how I pronounce it in English (I’m from New England, so I would assume it’s pronounced more correctly in Texas, but maybe not).
Took me the longest to identify though. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em inna stew.
I guess they don’t have any naners?
you say maters I say martyrs
Tried too hard. Anyone who’s illiterate with that much phonetic knowledge would’ve gone for peper at least.
Oh they are bilingual.
Hallo Pinyo, wer auch immer du bist.
That’s so cute lmfao
Pin
headyo
Zucchini
Potatoes + Tomatoes
Jalapenos
Bell Pepper
Thank you for the deciphering, I was completely lost at potat ‘n’ tomat
I had no idea those actually were words.
When you can’t write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.
AND a superiority complex
its a joke tho
What’s it called when you’re not smart enough to spot an obvious marketing gimmick?
“literally no words”
look inside
words
Letters, maybe. Words? That’s debatable.
“Bail” is technically a word. Okay I guess wordS (plural) is debatable.
Maters is a word
Matters is a word, wtf is ‘maters’?
Plural of mater
A bit of a stretch to qualify an archaic British slang term as a word in this context, but I guess it’s technically correct.
Use the 2nd definition if you prefer
Can’t trust anyone these days
i count one word: bail - the temporary release of a person awaiting trial. the rest, i gotta guess
Maters is a word
i never said i was good at counting
Reading the comments shows a lot of people do not understand satire, especially when the opportunity to talk trash about America/Texas/American education is on the line.
Poe’s law. Maybe it’s satire. Equally possible it’s ignorance.
The AVERAGE reading level in the US is seventh grade. We’re at the point where they might as well retranslate the Bible back to Latin because people can’t barely read it.
Too stupid to spot an obvious and funny marketing gimmick.
“Murica dumb!”
Like when they elected a stupid rapist as their president, twice. That was just a goof. Idiots
Typical European fragility. They’ll be like “Murica dumb! Can’t do dates right!” but then they’ll shut their mouths real quick when people point out that Japan does it differently too.
“Bail“ is a word.
Right, right. Came here to say this. Although of course it’s not the correct word. 🤣
The peppers are being held on bail. You’re not purchasing them, you’re bailing them out.
You mean the peprs…
These are the good ones ya get to celebrate getting out
This is my favourite word on the sign. People used to spell this way (however they liked, and by accent).
And I can HEAR this person’s voice through the words. Beautiful
Really puts the hick in vee-hickle
Fear not the man who has spelt 10000 words right but the man who sold their education to grow hallopinyos.
Bet those maters taste awesome tho…
Exact what I was thinking. The less literate the farmer, the better the yield!
I was thinking more like: if the advertising is that bad but they can still sell their produce, it must be good.
What’s a mater?
No really, I don’t know what it is. Is it like a local dialect for tomato?
You are correct. Ever seen Cars? The tow truck’s name is Mater for this reason.
He is Sir Tow Mater, thank you.
Hey, that’s good marketing. It grabs attention and we’re talking about it.
On a road trip, I drove by a farm that sells "Sweet Cron’.
Thinking it was a mistake, I saw more signs bragging about the Sweet Cron they had. So definitely on purpose.
i don’t buy sweet cron, i only buy sweat cron it tsates batter
IRL rage bait
