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Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:41:43 GMT
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In lugnet.db.brictionary, William R. Ward writes:
> "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> writes:
> > I just ran a search on google, and it gave me a new word which I think can
> > be of universal understanding: Expressway!
> > Here's the link:
> > http://www.ideamerge.com/motoeuropa/roadsigns/
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> As mentioned in my other post, that is used in the eastern US, and
> pretty widely understood all over the US.
I suppose it is the best choice, then (changes being made...)
> > (Please note that the background of the sign is usually blue, not green -
> > AFAIK, green backgrounds are only used in some parts of Europe AND for
> > destination signs)
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> In the US, they're always green. Blue is only used for indicating
> services available at a destination (food, gas, lodging, hospital,
> etc.). (Brown is used to mark recreational destinations.)
Yes, I just became aware of that. I knew the signs were different, I just
could not imagine they were SO different! One funny thing I noticed were the
civil defence signs, it's always nice to know where the nearest bomb shelter
is! :-)
> > And another one (this one is from France):
> > http://www.ideamerge.com/motoeuropa/roadsigns/
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> That's the same URL!
Ooops... my bad.
Since I have now run a different search (thus losing the first results),
I'll leave you a different, slightly unrelated url just for the fun factor
(I warn you, it is geekish!)
http://www.elve.net/rcoulst.htm
Pedro
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| (...) Only a little. (...) interviews. Grey persons are in the lead here. " This fits a lot of sorts of collections don't you think? Back to topic, I still say Autobahn is a good choice. It may not be the word used by natives to describe THEIR (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| (...) pretty widely understood all over the US. (...) In the US, they're always green. Blue is only used for indicating services available at a destination (food, gas, lodging, hospital, etc.). (Brown is used to mark recreational destinations.) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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