Driving back to Plentywood from Billings yesterday, I exited I-94 at Miles City at the Fort Keough off-ramp. As I drove by the Eastern Montana Fairgrounds I noticed a large, colorful billboard for the Christian radio network headquartered in Havre that has a local transmitter.

Big deal you say. Well what made me go back to double check was a glaring misspelling. The word "Christian" was spelled "Christain" on the billboard. I'm curious how long the sign has been there and has anyone else noticed the misspelling?

Dave

Must be a "creep".

I've seen that sign many times. Never noticed that! Someone forgot spellcheck.

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That was hanging on a wall at a Tutoring place I used to take my son. They were kind enough to make me a copy. Still no excuse for not using correct spellings, but it explains why we might have missed misspellings.

That misspelling theory only works to a point. I am a very fast reader and when I see that misspelled stuff, it slows me down quite a bit. If you are a very slow reader, it probably makes no difference but for me, it is irritating in the extreme.

I am a very fast reader, have to be in my line of work. It only slows you down if you read every word. I basically read for comprehension. But hey, different strokes...

That phenomonon only works if the person has a good grounding in correct spelling in the first place. That's the only way the brain could attach meaning to the letters in the first place.

[This message has been edited by Wendy Wilson (11/7/2009)]

I noticed once that local MC bank had a mis-spelled word on their electronic sign out front. They spelled Home Equity as "Home Equiy". I kept thinking I should go in and tell someone, but then let it slip my mind. It was like that for at least a month

Did you mean misspelled???

(Sorry couldn't resist)

The unfortunate reality is that most people associated with Christian broadcasting are knuckledraggers, so a glaring error like that is not the least bit surprising.

sic-em

It's an oligarhy I tells ya!

or so Glenn Beck says at least!!

Knuckledraggers? Spelled perfectly!

What the hell are knuckled raggers?

Knuckle draggers

I think knuckled raggers is far better . . . good one Wendy.