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    Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh"
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    Image of NurseDave NurseDave
    07/15/09

    In reply to Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh"
    Do they really need to be "advertising" at this point?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/15/09

    In reply to Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh"


    People have been screwing up the spelling of Pittsburgh for 100 years now.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Maybe his jersey was made by the same people who made the "Natinals" jerseys.
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    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!:
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    07/15/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: I think so. I heard they fired that guy who proofread, but he got a job with Kansas City.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/15/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Actually, the story behind the Honus Wagner error card was that the printer didn't know how to spell Pittsburgh so he just took the spelling from the jersey. The card is 100 years old and is one of the most valuable baseball cards in existence. Its last auction price was $1.62 million.
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    Image of Zach Davis Zach Davis
    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!:



    In the late 19th Century Pittsburgh was officially renamed Pittsburg but the citizens reversed that decision some time later.
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    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: How do you know there isn't an H out of frame?
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    07/15/09

    @stonefry: I think that's the point (Look at the label under the picture)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    07/15/09

    In reply to Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh"
    Hrmmm, I wonder who I have to pay off to get it to spell GitEmSteveDave.com.....
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    Image of katieoh katieoh
    07/15/09

    In reply to Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh"
    they were probably trying to spell "picksburgh." that's how it usually gets pronounced by pittsburghers.
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    07/15/09

    @katieoh: Do they eat "breftas" in the morning instead of breakfast?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    07/15/09

    @avconsumer2: They do drink "pop", and say "y'inz". That's what i remember from my god-awful stay of 1.5 years there. That and people said I talked funny b/c of my Jersey Accent.
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    Image of Captian_Caveman Captian_Caveman
    07/15/09

    In reply to Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh"
    Don't worry they "Fixed" it now the building is flashing "TPEBTSAURGH"
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    07/15/09

    @Captian_Caveman: Teh Kitteh thanks them.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/15/09

    @HoneybunsCandy_GitEmSteveDave:



    I'm in ur Grant bilding

    haxxoring ur Morse Code
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    Image of rjp: This is my rebuttal rjp: This is my rebuttal
    07/15/09

    In reply to Pittsburgh Skyscraper's Famous Morse Code Signal Actually Spells "Pitetsbkrrh"
    Pitetsbkrrh is the native spelling of the name of the city. Pittsburgh is the Americanized spelling. Why must we force our American culture on American cities?!
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    Image of iDrone iDrone
    07/15/09

    @rjp: Except... it's not. It was named by Sir William Pitt. Pitt's Burg. Pittsburgh.



    Morse Code fail. No Native American slurring here.
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    07/15/09

    @iDrone: Hi! I'm OMG! Ponies! You must be new here.



    I understand your confusion. rjp clearly violated the TOS by not using the [sarcasm] tags. However, it was harmless error. Something tells me he was being facetious.
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    Image of Tirko™ Tirko™
    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Who's Burg and why did he name a city after his armpit?
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