What does BUP STOP tell us?

From the Guardian: Workmen painted ‘BUP STOP’ on road surface in large yellow lettering in city centre last week A lot of folk seems to blame falling levels of literacy but I reckon it’s more like: limited time to re-do the painting due to work pressure a lack of care and attention to detail no … Continue reading “What does BUP STOP tell us?”

From the Guardian:

Workmen painted ‘BUP STOP’ on road surface in large yellow lettering in city centre last week

A lot of folk seems to blame falling levels of literacy but I reckon it’s more like:

  • limited time to re-do the painting due to work pressure
  • a lack of care and attention to detail
  • no tipp-ex

Give it a year and it’ll be in the Oxford English dictionary.

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