First it was Lionel abbreviating Louisiana "L.A." on the Cloverland Dairy milk car and now it's MTH misspelling Louisiana on the Borden's reefer which just arrived at my door from Pat's Trains:
Sheesh! End rant!
-Greg
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When I was a kid we supposedly had some of the worst public schools in America, We 'The Bottom FOUR' would alternate with Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama!
We had great food however and you could get a beer at the corner bar if you were tall enough to place the quarter on the counter!
Even if we couldn't spell...
@Greg Houser posted:First it was Lionel abbreviating Louisiana "L.A." on the Cloverland Dairy milk car and now it's MTH misspelling Louisiana on the Borden's reefer which just arrived at my door from Pat's Trains:
Sheesh! End rant!
-Greg
Greg...even with the misspelling I like the car...what is the stock number...thanks..joe
Where I live - South Alabama, near Mobile - the area is sometimes referred to as "Lower Alabama", which is abbreviated "LA"; some outsiders, though, think we are referring to Los Angeles; we are not far from Louisiana, which is, of course, LA.
LA LA LA - it's just crazy.
Look at the bright side; 40 years from now, train collectors will consider this a rare and valuable collectible.
Curt
@juniata guy posted:Look at the bright side; 40 years from now, train collectors will consider this a rare and valuable collectible.
Curt
I would be LUCKY to be alive at that point!
@c.sam posted:When I was a kid we supposedly had some of the worst public schools in America, We 'The Bottom FOUR' would alternate with Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama!
We had great food however and you could get a beer at the corner bar if you were tall enough to place the quarter on the counter!
Even if we couldn't spell...
One of my favorite memories of New Orleans was Schwegman's SuperMarkets where you could buy a cocktail at the in-store bar and drink it while you pushed your grocery cart along the aisles. Never saw so many housewives enjoying a toddy while doing the family shopping.
And the liquor stores had drive-thrus.
PS: This was FIFTY YEARS AGO -- 1970-73 when I was in school in Nawlins.
@D500 posted:Where I live - South Alabama, near Mobile - the area is sometimes referred to as "Lower Alabama", which is abbreviated "LA"; some outsiders, though, think we are referring to Los Angeles; we are not far from Louisiana, which is, of course, LA.
LA LA LA - it's just crazy.
@joe krasko posted:Greg...even with the misspelling I like the car...what is the stock number...thanks..joe
Hi Joe - it's 20-94488.
From what I know of the process from our club cars, someone had to sign off on the drawings. I'm pretty sure in both instances the drawings showed the mistake and it wasn't caught when they were approved - more of an up front issue vs someone at the manufacturer making them incorrectly from the proofs. I could be wrong.
I'm not upset about it - just rolling my eyes at the obvious mistakes which seem to be popping up these days across all forms of production. Heck - there's a spelling error on the Menards' Sacred Heart Hospital. 
One other point about the cars if you are a rivet counter. The Elsie logo pictured on the car is incorrect for the time period. I was unaware until it was pointed out to me. I could care less - I bought the car as I have in-laws in Baton Rouge but it may matter to you. To each their own. 
-Greg
Thanks Greg for the info...my Dad worked for Borden's when they were in Mount Vernon NY...I would suggest that they learn to use SPELL CHECK..
@Pingman posted:One of my favorite memories of New Orleans was Schwegman's SuperMarkets where you could buy a cocktail at the in-store bar and drink it while you pushed your grocery cart along the aisles. Never saw so many housewives enjoying a toddy while doing the family shopping.
And the liquor stores had drive-thrus.
Pingman...the last drive thru liquor store I remember was in Dover DE on rt 13 near the Dover AFB...it was painted bright yellow surrounded by large pink elephants painted all around....free standing in the parking lot.....
Quite a few years back the TCA blew the spelling of Philadelphia (no second l) (Lionel 6-9779):
Frustration aside it is still a nice looking car Greg.👍
When I was in 3rd grade, they stopped teaching spelling and started teaching phonics. As a result, I can’t spell in English to save my life (never had a problem with Latin or Spanish!!!). So I completely missed the error on the two cars I just received…
Isn't New Oarlens in Louisana?
(Unfortunately, and as bad as it looks, phonics works in this case, but maybe Nawlins is better yet.)
Mike
@Apples55 posted:When I was in 3rd grade, they stopped teaching spelling and started teaching phonics. As a result, I can’t spell in English to save my life (never had a problem with Latin or Spanish!!!). So I completely missed the error on the two cars I just received…
Just received mine with the misspelled state.
@Pingman posted:One of my favorite memories of New Orleans was Schwegman's SuperMarkets where you could buy a cocktail at the in-store bar and drink it while you pushed your grocery cart along the aisles. Never saw so many housewives enjoying a toddy while doing the family shopping.
And the liquor stores had drive-thrus.
I went down to just North of New Orleans to visit my two sons and family at Christmas and they mentioned that they have 'drive-thru' Daiquiri shops. Those opened some years ago after I moved to NC. What was even better was they now have drive-thru CRAWFISH shops! I might just consider moving back. Naw... too hot, only two seasons - summer and not summer. The mosquito is the state bird. Abnormally high humidity.
@c.sam posted:I went down to just North of New Orleans to visit my two sons and family at Christmas and they mentioned that they have 'drive-thru' Daiquiri shops. Those opened some years ago after I moved to NC. What was even better was they now have drive-thru CRAWFISH shops! I might just consider moving back. Naw... too hot, only two seasons - summer and not summer. The mosquito is the state bird. Abnormally high humidity.
I still can't get over the drive through Daiquiri shops! Another tidbit that I wouldn't have believed if a police officer in the French Quarter didn't confirm it - the legal age to purchase alcohol is 21 but you can be younger than 21 and drink legally as long as your parent or legal guardian purchases the alcohol for you to drink. That's drastically different than most states where you have to be 21 to drink. At the time I thought my wife's family was trying to pull another prank on the Yankee in the family but apparently not.
-Greg
Growing up for years the age was only 18 to buy alcohol
@c.sam posted:Growing up for years the age was only 18 to buy alcohol
And they didn't enforce that age much either. I remember many times in the N.O. area going to places when I was 15 and just walking in and getting anything I wanted. I even got carded once and they still let me in and told me not to start anything.
Nice car. I didn't know it existed. I may consider getting one just because of the location printed on it.
Previous post was edited to note that alcohol sales by the drink in a supermarket and drive-thru liquor stores were happening FIFTY YEARS AGO -- 1971 - 1973.
There is an upside to everything. Promoting increased alcohol consumption, much like tobacco, actuaries tell us they help to shorten life spans which in turn helps to stave off Social Security insolvency. When questioning the "Why" of anything follow the dollar. Reality strikes with life insurance rates and application acceptance.
Apples55. Me too!
I went to a small private school for kindergarten and first grade in the late 50s. They taught everybody to read by using phonics.
When I entered public school for second grade, I had to take a skills test, and they announced that I was reading on a 4th grade level.
But, as with you, I have never been able to properly spell hundreds of common words! It is like a mystery to me. Embarrassing when you are an attorney, and have to constantly look words up in a dictionary. :-O
I think that if you are taught by phonics, then for rest of your life, when you read brand new words, they imprint in your brain by being broken into phonics, not by actual spelling.
Maybe the folks at Lionel and elsewhere went to the same private school as I?
P.S.- I just had to look up how to spell embarrassing, because I didn't realize it contained two "r"s !
Mannyrock
@Mannyrock posted:Apples55. Me too!
I went to a small private school for kindergarten and first grade in the late 50s. They taught everybody to read by using phonics.
When I entered public school for second grade, I had to take a skills test, and they announced that I was reading on a 4th grade level.
But, as with you, I have never been able to properly spell hundreds of common words! It is like a mystery to me. Embarrassing when you are an attorney, and have to constantly look words up in a dictionary. :-O
I think that if you are taught by phonics, then for rest of your life, when you read brand new words, they imprint in your brain by being broken into phonics, not by actual spelling.
Maybe the folks at Lionel and elsewhere went to the same private school as I?
P.S.- I just had to look up how to spell embarrassing, because I didn't realize it contained two "r"s !
Mannyrock
Mannyrock, do not feel bad. I believe more folks would post here if they felt free to ad lib their spelling. I frequently enter words in my browser to get correct spelling,
Check the way I spelled vacuum, everything was fine until I worked for a school teacher.
I live in Florida. I have been all over the country and have been to Louisiana many times for business and pleasure over the years. As far as I am concerned, you can spell Louisiana any way you want, but one thing is for certain: Louisiana has the best cooking style of any place I have been. I love the food; the seasoning and spices. I know there are other opinions, and I respect that, but this is just mine. Love that "Nawlins" cooking.
Back to spelling mistakes. Does this one count?
It's a fantasy paint scheme, and wasn't focused on Louisiana, but quite a bit farther north.
It's missing a just a "W", which is noticeable today, but may not have been considered a formal mistake considering the timeframe during which it was produced (1992?).
Mike
One of my boys went to college in New Orleans --we say NOLA -- and never left. We go 3-4 times per year and love the food, culture, and people. In fact we were there for Christmas and enjoyed 75 degrees days! We rarely go to the Quarter anymore as we've discovered so much more of the city.
Trains related...my son, who knows zippy about trains, got some nice shots of the Big Boy when it was near Audubon Park last year.
Years ago, EMD did a large amount of business in the Gulf Coast area, from Houston to New Orleans, so we had lots of Field Service personnel assigned there. During one of my visits to a local ship yard near New Orleans, the yard manager had a VERY well trained German Shepard. The dog's name was Phyadux,,,,,,,,of course.
I had phonics. I also had spelling. I like to read. I truly believe a lifetime of reading is why I can spell. I usually spot misspellings from just having seen the word spelled correctly thousands of times. I feel bad for kids today whose bulk of reading is probably the internet, where proofreading is non-existent.
Brendan
@juniata guy posted:Look at the bright side; 40 years from now, train collectors will consider this a rare and valuable collectible.
Curt
Only TCA collectors.😁
@Greg Houser posted:Hi Joe - it's 20-94488.
From what I know of the process from our club cars, someone had to sign off on the drawings. I'm pretty sure in both instances the drawings showed the mistake and it wasn't caught when they were approved - more of an up front issue vs someone at the manufacturer making them incorrectly from the proofs. I could be wrong.
-Greg
That's why in most cases you don't proof check you own work? Easily overlooked.
@Tom Tee posted:Mannyrock, do not feel bad. I believe more folks would post here if they felt free to ad lib their spelling. I frequently enter words in my browser to get correct spelling,
Check the way I spelled vacuum, everything was fine until I worked for a school teacher.
Tom and @Mannyrock;
I’m so glad it’s not just me!!!
I’m afraid that the advent of Spell Check has led to a precipitous reduction in the use of creative spelling 
Got this one right ... a long time ago.
Every device ( iPad, iPhone, and PC) I use to post on this forum highlights or corrects misspelled words. Is that not the case with Android phones or tablets?
It’s German Shepherd. Geez, like herding the sheep. I’m sometimes appalled at the spelling on this forum. Kind of a stickler for that, but this is a funny thread, so I can’t help but be amused. I taught all 3 of my kids to read before they went to kindergarten, using my own style of phonics. I had a teacher ask me how I did it one time at a party. All 3 won the spelling bee in grade school, my oldest was in 4th grade at the time she won. I used to tease my son that he went out in the regionals for goofing up lackadaisical, perfect word for his attitude about the affair, I was sure he did it on purpose.
Cheers, W1
Curious if this was missed when the artwork was proofed? Or at the factory?
Wasn't there a steam locomotive produced a few years ago, in which the tender read "Misery Pacific" ?
Here is my youngest, Sally, walking away with the first place Bee trophy at Prince of Peace. She was valedictorian in 8th grade and now teaches English to Arabs in Marrakech, Morocco. Of course, I’m very proud of her.
BTW- You need not be embarrassed again by the spelling of this word, Like shepherd it is an an extension of the action being performed. Think bare assed, buy an r and lose an e.
Cheers again, W1
You want to know what frustration with bad spellers is like? My first name is ARTHUR. As in "King Arthur", not Author, Arther, Aruther, Erther, etc.
I can pretty much count on the toes of my hands the times that someone has actually spelled it correctly on a form.
My wife has a similar problem: her name is LILY - as in the flower. Not Lilly or Lillian.
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