28th st 6 train station says "svbway"

[CrazyPerson]

the enterance across the street from parking lot

http://www.telescreen.org/bbq/IM000093.JPG

 

I say, "fvck you!"

 

[Joemonkey]

TTIWWP

(this thread is worthless without pics)

 

[Mrvile]

Twenty-eighthst.

 

[loup garou]

You sure have a hard on for the subway tonight.

 

[zimu]

i lost interest at 28st.

you like subways don't you?

 

[ts3433]

Uhh... yeah. In Roman times (that looks like a mosaic meant to imitate that style somewhat) the U was a V (pronounced like a U or W) and J was an I (though the I was pronounced that way--no J sound, or V sound, for that matter, in Classical Latin). Thus the Latin for January, for example, was written Ivianvarivs.

Bonam fortvnam discipvlvm.
/random

 

[iversonyin]

yea, i use to work around there and wondering why it was spelled wrong. the city probably hired some dumb contractors that can't spell

 

[JeffCos]

Would you like to buy a Bvlgari watch?

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: ts3433
Uhh... yeah. In Roman times (that looks like a mosaic meant to imitate that style somewhat) the U was a V (pronounced like a U or W) and J was an I (though the I was pronounced that way--no J sound, or V sound, for that matter, in Classical Latin). Thus the Latin for January, for example, was written Ivianvarivs.

Bonam fortvnam discipvlvm.
/random

Yep, I've seen a lot of buildings that have their name carved into them use the V instead of the modern U. Most of these buildings are pre-1930s.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: iversonyin
yea, i use to work around there and wondering why it was spelled wrong. the city probably hired some dumb contractors that can't spell

PVNED!

 

[rh71]

all you need to see are the first and last letters anyway... the rest can be inferred given the situation.

 

[Ryuson99]

Look at Bulgari it's spelt the same way. like was stated before thats an old roman thing.

 

[DietSierraMist]

I don't have pics, but I remember the train station at the Brooklyn Bridge City Hall (also 6 line) exit had the same thing, where the U was a 'V'.

 

[Horus]

Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Look at Bulgari it's spelt the same way. like was stated before thats an old latin thing.

Fixed for accuracy.

 

[yoda291]

huh...I work like 50ft from that stop and never thought it was worth noticing until now.

 

[Sentinel]

thats what im talking abovt