Sunday, May 12, 2013

Even state agencies can benefit from spellcheck

My wife and I were driving home the other day and she mentioned that she read this article about a misspelled highway sign on Interstate Highway 880. Now that would be a typo! I thought to myself.

Sure enough, it appears that Caltrans misspelled the city of "Milipitas" by adding an extra "i." Even state agencies can benefit from spellcheck (or proofing) before putting up a new sign off the highway.

I wonder if there's such a thing as correction paint for correcting typos on large, green signs?

Thankfully, the error will be corrected with no taxpayer expense (hopefully this statement isn't a typo).