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

"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
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.
i count one word: bail - the temporary release of a person awaiting trial. the rest, i gotta guess
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...
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
“Bail“ is a word.
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
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!
What's a mater?
No really, I don't know what it is. Is it like a local dialect for tomato?
Zucchini
Potatoes + Tomatoes
Jalapenos
Bell Pepper
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.
It’s funny cause I can still read and understand what they are selling.
I can read every bit of it. Its really more phonetic than most road side produce signs around here.
Badly written to get people to stop. Like “Graj sale”
Technically, “bail” is a word… it’s not the right word but it is a word.
Read this in maters voice
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.
What's taters precious
Why couldn't the señorita have babies?
Because her husband had a Hallowpiner!
....🦗🦗🦗... Ill see myself out.
Person drives up and starts bitching at this guy.
His response?
"I have no words." [Throws his hands up]
This is some Timothy's Dexter "Pickle for the Knowing Ones" level spelling
We don’t need no education
With a Bail Pepper, I'd imagine his customer base of financial institutions in the USA would be quite long.
Technically there's 6 words, whether it's proper english word or not that's not the question.
I'm more interested in these bail peprs, I wonder what the conversion rate is?
When you can't write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.
Translation please!
Hallo by thy pinyer, bail pepr come, as it is in Aldi, and deliver us our produce A-mater.
I bet that's some lit produce, maybe not much heat to those jalapenos though.

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