Ghastly Spelling

Parts of NSW have recently had their heaviest rainfall in 40, or maybe 100, years, creating widespread flooding. The photo below is going ballistic on Facebook and in other media and I thought I'd show it here. It was Emily's entry on Facebook that bought it to my attention.

The picture shows one of the mobile warning signs we have and, just in case you cannot read the rather dark image, it says Possible Debary on Roads. When I first saw the sign I wondered what it was all about and then the penny dropped. The author of this monstrosity meant to say "Possible Debris on Roads". I'm pretty certain that the wording is not a spoof, but rather lack of education! And I wonder how many accidents were caused by motorists trying to work out the sign's intent rather than focusing on the road ahead. I also wonder the dollar value of time wasted by people like me writing to Facebook or their BLOG.

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