roadsigns are in Pinyin in China? goddamn is that generous. motherfuckers bending over backwards letting foreigners with different scripts read signs and you complain?
where are the fuckin signs anywhere in western europe or anglolands not using latin scripts?
In Denmark the mayor of a border town one or up a single bilingual town sign as a goodwill gesture towards the local German minority and to reciprocate the widespread practice of bilingual town signs in Germany. The next morning angry locals had torn up the sign.
I haven't been back to China since the lockdowns, but at least in Beijing and Shanghai the street signs have been in pinyin for decades now. I'm not even sure what the difference is for most streets. Like "Tai Ping Yang Road" vs "Tai Ping Yang Lu"? I guess it could get a bit dicey if it's "Huai Hai Zhong Lu" vs "Huai Hai (Middle) Road" but like... it's not that hard is it?
roadsigns are in Pinyin in China? goddamn is that generous. motherfuckers bending over backwards letting foreigners with different scripts read signs and you complain?
where are the fuckin signs anywhere in western europe or anglolands not using latin scripts?
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for the purposes of me not being wrong we are excluding germany from 'western europe' at this time.
It is part of central Europe depending on how you demarcate it, so you're good!
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In Denmark the mayor of a border town one or up a single bilingual town sign as a goodwill gesture towards the local German minority and to reciprocate the widespread practice of bilingual town signs in Germany. The next morning angry locals had torn up the sign.
The line between being nice to westerners and knowing that if they can’t read your street signs they’ll be a danger on the roads
I haven't been back to China since the lockdowns, but at least in Beijing and Shanghai the street signs have been in pinyin for decades now. I'm not even sure what the difference is for most streets. Like "Tai Ping Yang Road" vs "Tai Ping Yang Lu"? I guess it could get a bit dicey if it's "Huai Hai Zhong Lu" vs "Huai Hai (Middle) Road" but like... it's not that hard is it?
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