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Dont know if its been asked before but what language are the non English station signs at Irlam and why are they there?
Lots of X's and I's could well be Chinese (Hànyǔ) if they've been printed using the Pīnyīn system of transcribing Hànyǔ in roman characters that approximate the pronunciation. It might make sense to people speaking it as a second language, but it would be just as foreign as English to a regular person in China where Pīnyīn is not used.Thanks for your reply, didn't look like Chinese to me at the time,lots of X's and I's but now i think about it you are probably right.
Dont know if its been asked before but what language are the non English station signs at Irlam and why are they there?
So you think all the english language signs that are visible in non-english-speaking countries should be taken down too?
If not, shut up
So you think all the english language signs that are visible in non-english-speaking countries should be taken down too?
If not, shut up
Oh right, so these multi-lingual signs are being erected by the Department for Education to help the population to learn new languages. :roll:
I look forward to the day platform number signs are also shown in binary and hexadecimal to assist us with our mathematics.
Incidentally, England has NO official language. Fact.
England might not have an official language but the United Kingdom's official language is English with several recognized regional languages such as Welsh and Gaelic. That being said the Welsh Language Act of 1993 makes it so that English and Welsh should be treated equally when providing public services in Wales.
English is the language of our country, not Chinese, or Urdu, or anything else. If we start putting up signs in other languages we are creating a priveliged minority for those whose language it is. How far are we going? How many languages? Where displayed? In the tube? Road signs? Imagine the defence in court "I didnt know there was NO PARKING here, the signs are not in my language". English is what we speak, and if you are living here then the onus is ON YOU to grasp at least the essentials of signage so you can get around.
Incorrect. The UK's de facto language is English, but it has no official status (de jure) under law.
English is the language of our country, not Chinese, or Urdu, or anything else. If we start putting up signs in other languages we are creating a priveliged minority for those whose language it is. How far are we going? How many languages? Where displayed? In the tube? Road signs? Imagine the defence in court "I didnt know there was NO PARKING here, the signs are not in my language". English is what we speak, and if you are living here then the onus is ON YOU to grasp at least the essentials of signage so you can get around.
Incorrect. The UK's de facto language is English, but it has no official status (de jure) under law.
English is the official language of the United Kingdom
At Wallsend Metro, the station signs are in English and Latin!There's some non English ones at Levenshulme as well. And Southall.
Privileged?"Priviliged".
Fair enough but someone should probably tell Directgov to update their website to reflect that fact seeing as they proclaim on the article on the English language that:
Written by civil servants. What do they know?
England might not have an official language but the United Kingdom's official language is English with several recognized regional languages such as Welsh and Gaelic. That being said the Welsh Language Act of 1993 makes it so that English and Welsh should be treated equally when providing public services in Wales.
The UK's de facto language is English, but it has no official status (de jure) under law.
Fair enough but someone should probably tell Directgov to update their website to reflect that fact seeing as they proclaim on the article on the English language that: "English is the official language of the United Kingdom"
English is the language of our country, not Chinese, or Urdu, or anything else. If we start putting up signs in other languages we are creating a priveliged minority for those whose language it is. How far are we going? How many languages? Where displayed? In the tube? Road signs? Imagine the defence in court "I didnt know there was NO PARKING here, the signs are not in my language". English is what we speak, and if you are living here then the onus is ON YOU to grasp at least the essentials of signage so you can get around.
"Priviliged".