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(29,205 posts)And even it was confused.
Initech
(100,081 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Zucchini, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Jalapeno and Bell Peppers.
Locally grown food, fresh from the truck. That's a good thing. Could be someone who doesn't speak English as a first language.
Like vegetables? Stop and buy some.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Or were protesting something.
Good god. It doesn't look like they speak Spanish as a first language either.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)They don't care if the grower can spell. I could read the sign just fine, and I'm not into mocking people who clearly are not fluent in English. I do like homegrown veggies, though.
In my area, 80% of the people selling at farmer's markets here are Hmong. Most speak English poorly, since they're older. Their kids speak English with an American accent. If I go to the farmer's market, I pick out what I want, show them to the seller, and hand over my money. The price is on little signs. I can say "Thank you" in Hmong. That's all I need to know.
I dislike this kind of thread where assumptions are made that have no evidence.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)with other immigrants. If you want some veggies, that person has some for sale.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)My wife was from E. TX. I've been there with her more than once. This is about average there.
It's one of the reasons she got the hell out of there as soon as she could.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)markets here don't speak English at all. It doesn't matter. They have great produce.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)There's a lady just up the road selling....
Braised rabbit stew with spring vegetables or a pet. Either way, it's one stop shopping.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)It's really, really hard to buy fresh rabbit here in Minnesota in the cities. I'm too far from the farm country to buy dressed rabbits from the local 4-H kid. More's the pity. That's what I used to do. I'd call the kid and ask for a nice frying rabbit. I'd drive by her parents' place a half hour later, and pick it up, freshly dressed and ready for that night's rabbit stew.
The kid raised them and dressed them herself as her 4-H project. There was always a 4-H kid who had fresh rabbits for sale.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)what else do ya want?
Initech
(100,081 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Stop by an buy some. Maybe this person doesn't even speak English.
Why make assumptions? I don't know what the person's politics are, but I can see that he or she has fresh vegetables for sale.
Gman
(24,780 posts)I think he's being the country bumpkin that can't spell but grows great 'maters. They have to be good if he's this country.
Takket
(21,577 posts)Takket
(21,577 posts)topological
(52 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)see how ignorant he really is. No, no wait. I see the note above the image: "From East TX." He's a Texas Aggie, and the sign is authentic.
Yavin4
(35,442 posts)It's a start.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Try a "No Trasspesing" sign.
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)If he's that close to illiterate, this is a difficult country to live in.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)This is where Louie Gohmert keeps getting overwhelmingly re-elected.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I agree. I attended ETSU in Commerce for three semesters and it's a hard place to make a living (even for the literate). Part of me think it's a rural form (tongue-in-cheek) advertising.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I know of people who read by sounding the letters out, but this is the first time I've seen someone writing it as a sounding out.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)DOOMED. Bender was right.