EDITORIAL SIGNS OF THE TIMES.SO Mayvis Coyle, an octogenarian oc·to·ge·nar·i·an adj. Being between 80 and 90 years of age. n. A person between 80 and 90 years of age. , gets ticketed for crossing a street too slowly and the city responds by -- reprimanding the responsible cop? Re-evaluating the amount of time given for crossing city intersections? Actually, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. officials have decided to post lengthy signs at crosswalks, informing all those ignorant pedestrians to walk when the light says walk, don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. walk when it says not to, and push the button when needed. Not that they think we're stupid or anything. Of course, in the spirit of inclusion, we'll soon need to post the same signs in 18 other languages, and Braille Braille (brāl), in astronomy, a small asteroid notable because it has the same atypical geologic composition as the larger asteroid Vesta. , too. Let's just hope pedestrians have time to do all this important reading before the light turns. |
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