Politician's name discommemorated.
And the word "acre" is misspelled too, in the first line!
Hilarious.
Who'd they get to proof read that thing, the Sons of the Confederate Veterans?
Dyslexic plaque maker is a funny job.
Everybody makes mistakes.Who gives a shit I do it all the time. Spelling not what's funny. Stupid public government error in word form only funny to a few people. Me and maybe a couple of librarians.
Almost every book on earth contains at least one typo.
They thought nobody would notice, but I did.
Tomás Regalado says Regaldo on both sides of official plaque at historical site, 18 st and NE 2nd Ave, a pretty cool place to ride a bike through if you're in the area.
Other guy named in plaque, spelled correctly, but he blew his own brains out in lobby of local newspaper after caught by alternative weekly smoking crack in overtown with crossdressing manladies of the night. Info not on plaque.
Plaque has subtext. So does history. Winners don't write history. Dyslexic plaque makers do
Notice the plaque is from 2004. Gaffe. Gaffe again. Funny. Nobody ever read it.
Funny.
It was funnier when I thought plaques cost a hundred thousand dollars. Turns out you can get one for the cost of an old super nintendo and a vhs collection.
Maybe they did it on purpose.
Sons of Confederate conspiracy. Or perhaps sons framed in a double reverse conspiracy.
Most of this post being updated in June 2025. Much has changed since 2011. Still funny
I don't know why not.
Grammar and spelling who gives a flying fuck just something i noticed and wrote down.
A. Wrong plaques defeat their own purpose
B. They last anywhere from 100 to 500 years
I like it just how it is, don't change a thing. It's a snapshot of meta spelling characteristics of the early 21st century combining the social power dynamics of the political sphere's co-dependent relationship with recorded time and their own illiteracy
Here go a couple of closeups
