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Ceep Klear! (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] OrlandoDoom 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"probably underpaid and overworked worker makes spelling mistake" another amazing article from the BBC

[–] Zip2 5 points 2 weeks ago

The work experience people have to start somewhere.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Was the worker German?

Klar means Clear.

[–] teletext@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, but "ceep klear" translates to "Abstand halten".

[–] Emperor 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That feels like a prankster spotted an opportunity and went for it. I'd have thought proper Highway Maintenance would redo the whole.of the words.

[–] Zip2 4 points 2 weeks ago

We haven’t seen proper highway maintenance around here in years. This is the half-arsed standard that we’re used too.