Re: OT: Georgian road signs (Re: OT: Dvorak)

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM,  <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
> > I don't think it's any type of decay.  I travel around the
> Southeast and so far have only seen this in Georgia.  Not
> every sign but a lot of them.
>
> But that's my point - even for the same place name on the same type of
> sign in the same part of town, it's not at all consistent.  Most of
> the signs telling you that you can get to "Greenville" by going up
> I-85N (whether from I-75/85 downtown, or from I-285) dot the I in
> "Greenville" - the one you linked to doesn't.
>
> So I don't think the dotlessness is intentional.  I think the dots
> just fall off.  GA DOT needs to rethink its technique.
Until you look closer. There is a little consistency. The signs without dots are all
undotted and the ones with dots are all dotted. If there was a problem with
them falling off there would be a random mix, unlike here.

http://www.gribblenation.com/gapics/gallery/I-75S-exit259-260.jpg