That’s one of my favourite ironic jokes. How can an illiterate person read the sign that tells him to call for help? (Generated sign is from AddLetters.com.)
For just a taste of it, take a look at this Web page.
Well, at least you know that was about a fishy thing. But what’s important about it? What are we supposed to notice?
Frustrating, isn’t it? Who are those people? What are they doing? Where are they? Is it important to know?
What can we do to help people who really can’t read? Who can’t read street signs or maps or employment forms?
These pages are from the Tiktaalik Web site, translated into Inuktitut by the government of Nunavut because the fossils were found in their territory.
For more about Tiktaalik’s story, see “Your Inner Fish” or “Tetrapod transition.”
