The sign shown above was seen in Middle Quarters in St. Elizabeth. You will understand why I am skeptical when I get these things, because we can use AI (Assimilated Intelligence, not Artificial Intelligence 😅) to create things to mislead others. I am convinced that this is a real picture of a street sign.
Getting the spelling right for street signs is a problem in Jamaica. This problem is not just a spelling problem, but an indication that there is a management and accountability problem nationally.
I make mistakes in my blogs. I can treat my errors as generally being typographical errors. A street sign with incorrect spelling cannot be treated as such. You are talking about a company being given a contract to build a sign by a government entity.
One has to ask the question, if a company were asked to build the sign, is it a fake company? The owner of the company probably did not go further than A class in school, or what we currently call grade 1.
Recently, a street was renamed in honour of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. The name was incorrectly spelt. It tells me that the company that did the work does not have any supervisors, and the government entity that went through a thorough procurement process to enter into this contract does not have a clue as to what they are doing. Probably they don't care. Who was held accountable for this error, which embarrassed the KSAMC?
What a 'Price' to pay for the spelling of 'Pryce'! They replaced the 'Y' with an 'I'. Probably that answers the Why - too much 'I' in everything. We blame our politicians for these things when we have the public sector, which is responsible for getting things done the correct way.
If my memory serves me right, the Sir Florizel Glasspole Boulevard sign was also spelt incorrectly. There were several signs on Ellesmere Rd. in Halfway Tree that stated, NO STOPING. After I wrote about these signs, the spelling was not corrected until months later. This could be an indication that those who are in charge have no civic pride. They were not concerned that pictures of the signs could hit the international media and our little country could have become a laughingstock. I remember saying to myself that if the police arrested a motorist for breaking the NO STOPING sign, there would be no law for NO STOPING. There is a law for NO STOPPING.
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| The sign was on Ellesmere Road in Halfway Tree. |
We probably need a law to stop the incorrect spelling of road signs. That should put an end to the problem. My readers will probably ask, "Who will ensure that the law is effective?" Who cares?
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Wow!Well said Maas V
ReplyDeleteThis bad spelling on road signs is a pandemic it appears.
Solution basically is pay attention and have sign readers to sign off on erections.
A lot of dunce is employed in the government sector. If you give out a sign to print, you should at least ensure that it is spelt correctly before it is erected. That person should be fired. I worked at an agency and a Board Member brought in a HR Manager into the company. We had to send her on a course ...Introduction to HR Management. She had no clue and was drawing down .millions of dollars. She is still there now and no improvement.
ReplyDeleteWhatsApp me at 876 816-5261.
DeleteA huge national embarrassment and disgrace.
ReplyDeleteNo accountability for these things so why not?! These people take government work and contracts for joke, big money for poor work and get away with it.
ReplyDeleteAnd talking about signs, so many streets and lanes in this country need signs, I believe these things are important, can you believe people lives in a community for years and doesn't know the name of some roads, especially off roads
Maybe “Airpot” meant that a lot of pot was being flown out 🤣🤣🤣😂
ReplyDeleteI listen to various jamaica YouTubers and I’m appalled at the lack of command of basis English. For example, I frequently hear “we had went”. “We had did”. “Sangsters airport”. I’m not sure if the Sangsters is pluralized or an apostrophe is missing. Either way, the correct term is Sangster.
ReplyDeleteWe pluralize the names of places such as Spalding, Flanker, and the Sangster International Airport, which is incorrect.
DeleteSo true we always tend to put s where its not required
DeleteMr D its all about the money not about the spelling. Some people write just the way they pronounce words.
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