Ar an cúigiú lá de mí Bealtaine, scríobh Athel Cornish-Bowden:does that
Today there was a headline that read "XI EN FRANCE". What on earth
amean, I thought? A football team, maybe? Then I realized that it was
muchreference to Eleven Jinpin, the leader of China. It would have been so
The Frencheasier to understand at a glance if they had written "Xi en France".
all-capitalshave yet to learn that mixed-case is much easier to read than
least 40(especially on road signs, which have had mixed case in the UK for at
Switzerland andyears). Road signs are better in neighbouring Spain, Belgium,
AndorraGermany, a bit half-hearted in Italy and Luxemburg, and like France in
likely theand Monaco.
The point of this post is to ask why people don't write things in as understandable a way as possible.
You know this, but in this case the unsatisfying answer is that it’s
house style to put titles in capitals, deviation is not tolerated. Hasthis
publication been dragged forwards into the late 20th century enough touse
accents with its capitals?alt.usage.english.)
(Cross-posted to sci.lang given not hugely relevant to
Today there was a headline that read "XI EN FRANCE". What on earth does that mean, I thought? A football team, maybe? Then I realized that it was a reference to Eleven Jinpin, the leader of China. It would have been so much easier to understand at a glance if they had written "Xi en France". The French
have yet to learn that mixed-case is much easier to read than all-capitals (especially on road signs, which have had mixed case in the UK for at least 40
years). Road signs are better in neighbouring Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and
Germany, a bit half-hearted in Italy and Luxemburg, and like France in Andorra
and Monaco.
The point of this post is to ask why people don't write things in as understandable a way as possible.
Navi won't agree, as he tries to pack as much
meaning as possible in as few words as possible, but I hope others will.
--
ATHEL -- FRENCH AND BRITISH, LIVING IN MARSEILLES FOR XXXVII YEARS; MAINLY IN
ENGLAND UNTIL MCMLXXXVII.
(Cross-posted to sci.lang given not hugely relevant to alt.usage.english.)
Older British road signs in capitals:
ulf_kutzner wrote:
Older British road signs in capitals:
I searched for road signs in Danish and looked at the pictures. It looks
like we use normal spelling, that is, first letter capitalised and names capitalised. The only exception I found was a sign with "MAX 30 KM" and
the international sign which we can't shange: "STOP".
Mixed with all-capitals and mixed-case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_traffic_sign_783_(variant_1).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg
Am I the only one both puzzled and daunted by these 'magic' roundabouts?
Nope. When I was in England some years ago and drove to Oxford, I was careful to avoid it. (I think there's only one.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg
Am I the only one both puzzled and daunted by these 'magic' roundabouts?
Antonio Marques wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg
Am I the only one both puzzled and daunted by these 'magic' roundabouts?
It's even worse to look at a map:
https://www.google.dk/maps/search/magic+roundabout,+cirencester/@51.5627837,-1.7717096,18.17z?entry=ttu
On Tue, 7 May 2024 18:50:18 +0200-1.7717096,18.17z?entry=ttu
Bertel Lund Hansen <gadekryds@lundhansen.dk> wrote:
Antonio Marques wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg
Am I the only one both puzzled and daunted by these 'magic' roundabouts?
It's even worse to look at a map:
https://www.google.dk/maps/search/magic+roundabout,+cirencester/@51.5627837,
Not Cirencester, Swindown (but GM ignores the name anyway)-1.7737572,17z/
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/The+Magic+Roundabout,+Swindon/@51.5629323,
jerryfriedman wrote:
Antonio Marques wrote:
ulf_kutzner <Ulf.Kutzner@web.de> wrote:
Mixed with all-capitals and mixed-case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_traffic_sign_783_(variant_1).svg >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg
Am I the only one both puzzled and daunted by these 'magic' roundabouts?
Nope. When I was in England some years ago and drove to Oxford, I was..
careful to avoid it. (I think there's only one.)
But there are four.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout
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