Signs and Perlocutions
After our class discussion I started thinking about the signs we see everyday and the perlocutions that could accompany them. For example, Slippery When Wet might yield the reaction of slowing down on a wet road. It might yieldt the response, "duh". I found a few interesting ones. What are the possible perlocutions for these signs.
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These are funny. The pooping bird sign might yield the reaction of taking shelter with the response of "Ew, Gross!" The red light sign (very odd), might yield the reaction of running the red light with a response of "What the heck is going on with this light?" And the most obvious sidewalk ending sign would of course yield the response of "Well, DUH I can see that!" with a reaction of stopping.
I love these signs.. Growing up, my siblings and I were very literal. When traveling down the highway in CA my mom could not understand why every few miles we would say "BOX".. until she noticed that every few miles there was a sign that said "Call Box" on the side of the highway. IT was placed there for emergencies but we could not resist it - we were 14, 11, and 8.
Another sign, or marking that caught my mom offguard was the marking "Stop Ahead". It's usually painted on the road a few hundred feet away from a stop sign. It finally hit her that was why when we came to stop sign our hands were on each others heads. We would reach over and place our hands on each other heads to "stop" them.
We had lots of laughs as kids!