I saw this at a roadside produce stand today in E. Texas. There are literally no words.

ZOOKEENE

TATER + MATERS HALLOPINYO

BAIL PEPR

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

What's the problem. I know exactly what they're selling. It ain't 1st grade but anyone can out a seed in the dirt and water it into a behootifool mater.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh there are words. Most of them are incorrect though.

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  • [–] 104 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    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 propaganda advertising".

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    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

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago

    Tried too hard. Anyone who's illiterate with that much phonetic knowledge would've gone for peper at least.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh they are bilingual.

    Hallo Pinyo, wer auch immer du bist.

    None

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    "literally no words"

    look inside

    words

    cat

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Letters, maybe. Words? That's debatable.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    "Bail" is technically a word. Okay I guess wordS (plural) is debatable.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Matters is a word, wtf is 'maters'?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Use the 2nd definition if you prefer

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Listen dude, there's exactly one source (dictionary.com) that even has that definition and it's an even more archaic one than the British slang, referring to an astronomical device ships used for navigating in the 17th century.

    You're not really strengthening your case here.

    E: Also your previous argument about 'maters' being the plural form leads me to believe you're just grasping at straws now, at least the slang word (which appears in most dictionaries) had entries for the plural form on multiple sources.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    i count one word: bail - the temporary release of a person awaiting trial. the rest, i gotta guess

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  • [–] 77 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    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".

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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:

    1. That will be the best produce you have ever laid eyes on.
    2. The person misspelled things on purpose, to grab peoples’ attention.
    3. 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.

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    [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Fear not the man who has spelt 10000 words right but the man who sold their education to grow hallopinyos.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Bet those maters taste awesome tho...

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Zucchini

    Potatoes + Tomatoes

    Jalapenos

    Bell Pepper

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    Really puts the hick in vee-hickle

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Too stupid to spot an obvious and funny marketing gimmick.

    "Murica dumb!"

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    IRL rage bait

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It’s funny cause I can still read and understand what they are selling.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    I can read every bit of it. Its really more phonetic than most road side produce signs around here.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago*

    I instantly forgot how to spell zookeene.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Badly written to get people to stop. Like “Graj sale”

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Technically, “bail” is a word… it’s not the right word but it is a word.

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    Hey, that's good marketing. It grabs attention and we're talking about it.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Smh can't even spell gellapinnose right.

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    It ain't got no gas in it!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Why couldn't the señorita have babies?

    Because her husband had a Hallowpiner!

    ....🦗🦗🦗... Ill see myself out.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Person drives up and starts bitching at this guy.

    His response?

    "I have no words." [Throws his hands up]

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Brilliant marketing campaign!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I need hella penis for muh salsa.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Yet i know whats for sale.

    Common Wittgenstein W.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I hope they accept crypto.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    This is some Timothy's Dexter "Pickle for the Knowing Ones" level spelling

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We don’t need no education

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  • So this shows that America is great again. Obvs.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    With a Bail Pepper, I'd imagine his customer base of financial institutions in the USA would be quite long.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Technically there's 6 words, whether it's proper english word or not that's not the question.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I'm more interested in these bail peprs, I wonder what the conversion rate is?

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    When you can't write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Hallo by thy pinyer, bail pepr come, as it is in Aldi, and deliver us our produce A-mater.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Showing the brilliance of the American education system

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  • I bet that's some lit produce, maybe not much heat to those jalapenos though.

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