A misspelled Denver street sign raised some eyebrows — and likely the blood pressure of a few teachers and editors — when transposed letters turned California Street into “Califorina Street” for a day.
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A photo of the erroneous sign at the intersection of 19th and California streets posted Tuesday on Reddit generated hundreds of comments that followed the normal journey of internet discourse, from lighthearted jabs to questions about the state of literacy and what the sign said about Mayor Mike Johnston’s leadership.
Johnston joked about the error in a Tuesday Facebook post, sharing a photo of the sign captioned “Colorado not Califorina” and thanking the person who spotted the error so the city could get it fixed quickly.
“We’ll leave spell check on next time,” Johnston wrote.
Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure spokesperson Cyndi Karvaski said in an email to The Denver Post that the sign was taken down Tuesday and a replacement sign will be installed Wednesday.
The initial sign cost $321.75, and Denver will not be charged for the removal, replacement or reinstallation of the sign because of the error, she added.
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