HAVERHILL (AP) - State transportation officials are apologizing for putting up street signs in Haverhill that misspell the names of nearby communities. The signs drop the letter "i'' from Plaistow" N.H. on Route 125, and add a "k'' to Merrimac, Mass. on Route 110. State highway officials believe the signs were recently installed and that spelling errors were made during their manufacture. A department spokesman tells The Eagle-Tribune tape has been used to blank out the "k'' in Merrimack, while the word "Plastow" has been covered entirely until correctly spelled signs can be installed.
Hey Haverhill, you guys kidding with this? A lot of balls for a city that I've legitimately never heard pronounced correctly from anyone outside the area.
Further, who's brilliant idea was it to just blank out the signs? In the time between now and when they're replaced, do you really think its better to have a blank sign so no one knows where they're going, over a sign spelled wrong? I'm fairly certain that while I'm bombing down 110, I'll be able to figure out that a sign that says "Plastow" means Plaistow, I'm not exactly going to pull over to the side of the road to consult Tom-Tom on that one, shoot I'm not even sure I'd notice, going 50+ mph down the road, a missing letter or misspelled word isn't exactly going to draw attention.
