'Obtundity' signs bewilder York residents and visitors
Signs which have appeared on the streets of York have left some people in the city baffled and bewildered and prompted a storm on social media.
The boards, which read "Exercise Obtundity", left some unsure whether they were being given an instruction or a warning.
One visitor quipped "someone's been playing scrabble by the look of it".
The truth, however, is the obscure word - meaning "to deaden" - is the name of a police-led training exercise.
Speaking to the BBC, one person said: "I've no idea what that word means, knowing the police it could be anything."
Another suggested whoever was behind the signs "must be having a drink or two, or someone got a dictionary for their birthday".
Meanwhile, social media posts discussing the signs have included people warning of the dangers of obtundity and jokes about being let off with a caution by the police for not exercising obtundity.
It's never great when a sign leaves you confused but at least I have learned something new today.
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The boards, which read "Exercise Obtundity", left some unsure whether they were being given an instruction or a warning.
One visitor quipped "someone's been playing scrabble by the look of it".
The truth, however, is the obscure word - meaning "to deaden" - is the name of a police-led training exercise.
Speaking to the BBC, one person said: "I've no idea what that word means, knowing the police it could be anything."
Another suggested whoever was behind the signs "must be having a drink or two, or someone got a dictionary for their birthday".
Meanwhile, social media posts discussing the signs have included people warning of the dangers of obtundity and jokes about being let off with a caution by the police for not exercising obtundity.
It's never great when a sign leaves you confused but at least I have learned something new today.
Read the full article - click here