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Driving in Europe would be completely impossible without them. I have no idea what the Greek word for "no parking or stopping between 09 and 15" is, or the Croa
by simonask 4mo ago
Driving in Europe would be completely impossible without them. I have no idea what the Greek word for "no parking or stopping between 09 and 15" is, or the Croatian word for "left".
- xp84 3mo agoI agree - to me, that is the main practical reason Europe is a special case well-suited to symbolic signs. The US doesn't have nearly that issue, since we have tons of symbolic signs, and few languages, which share a ton of close cognates anyway. For instance, most Mexicans I've heard will use the verb "parquear" or "aparcar" to mean "to park" rather than "estacionar" - so as you might expect, they have zero trouble decoding a sign saying "NO PARKING 9AM - 6PM" which is one of the most complicated text-only signs you usually see.
- callmeal 3mo agoAnd then there's this one which always manages to horrify me: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMiSEFyCg6O7bYvOfY4mVB7OjU2YdpnK2u_mVzidTbO423SDL3io41mfOhhEvsmW80uY7jUxVOBboGmbNyPCDasG9VhoXnyMiHu02fN-5VQFH2ilVUT3VLzCgJu-fcZ7wzkaC7Q/s1600/toi95-fay-1976.jpg https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh...