OK ... so as some of you know, I went walking by the harbor the other day (posted my favorite photo from the walk in mixed media by the way). Anyway, they are constructing a war memorial maybe two blocks from where I live (at the harbor) and I passed by it on the way home. They have this large artist's representation of the finished memorial ... and curious as to what they were going to put on it, I stopped to read the inscription. Took a photo of it to share with all of you. Such stirring sentiments.

Snzk Fmbcrtoe Wofdnpt????

And a big ol' Pfunpdo to you too!!

I just hope and think that they've intentionally not put in the real inscription, have decided not to make it public yet. My, what an insult that would be if this were the final dedication! Wofdnpt you all.

Quest, I certainly HOPE that's the reason that they put this garbled mess on the illustration. I'm sure most people walk by the poster and never even give it more than a second look. But, I tend to study the things I see -- I read signs in store windows, plaques on statues and paintings -- and you would not believe the strange things people write on those things and that other people never notice, much less read.

I don't suppose you'd translate that, would you... cuz ya lost me. ?

How funny is that. I love that fake language designers use. I once had a mockup of a brochure I commissioned in the same language. Typesetterese I think.

Maybe it's code.... :-) What's that memorial going to be called??? Seriously, no jokes intended... lol

In advertising paste-up it would be called 'greeking', it's a bunch of nonsensical words that take the place of the real ad text, I would guess that's what this would be....I hope that's what it is, otherwise how embrassing for them....;]

"shrdlu etaoin" I used to notice this would occasionally show up at the end of newspaper articles. Must have been the same kind of thing, only for typesetters.

Hate the typesetting anyway - caps at the beginning of words made up of caps. And the N doesn't work, looks like it's made of playdo. just nitpicking.

Attached Link: http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-eta1.htm

For the curious...

Thanks, Muddy, I apparently guessed right, even though I had the words reversed. :^)

I think every font program and half the font sites had a latin phrase 'ipsum lorem' something or other, whatever that means..;) in every portrayal..maybe it's latin for 'the quick brown fox'..;)