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FSogol

(47,546 posts) Wed Feb 8, 2012, 09:22 AM Feb 2012

‘Alight?’ How about just ‘Exit?’ [View all]

By Dana Hedgpeth

"Kathryn Catania of Northwest Washington looked up at a Metrobus sign at Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue NW outside the National Gallery of Art and didn’t get it.

The brand-new sign read “Alight Only.”

She wrote to us saying she was “dumbfounded” by the phrasing and thought other riders might be as well. "

Whole article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/post/alight-how-about-just-exit/2012/01/30/gIQA58iXwQ_blog.html

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‘Alight?’ How about just ‘Exit?’ [View all] FSogol Feb 2012 OP

because they don't mean the same thing? Spider Jerusalem Feb 2012 #1

Part of me wants to say, people need to English up and understand the language, but FSogol Feb 2012 #2

'Delight' sounds so much more positive. nt DCKit Feb 2012 #3

There is no exit. Hell is other people. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #4

Plain Language: It's the law varelse Feb 2012 #5

Probably not. An informal poll of my office this morning found that only FSogol Feb 2012 #8

I consider myself to have a pretty good command of the language, and I would think TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #6

This way to the Egress. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2012 #7

If the sign wasn't lit up, it's incorrect! n/t Orsino Feb 2012 #9

I can see why it might be confusing. At first glance I thought it said "alright". Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #10