Bilingual road signs in Wales

[Kurt.]

I support this, and if the Police pull people over ( cars registered in England ) they should be able to do a quick 5 question test on Welsh road signs.

Get one question wrong and it's an instant 50 quid fine.

Will make us all safer drivers in the end.

As always, you bring sense to this discussion

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

You have to be careful when pronouncing Welsh words and names, because if a passing van of nuns is going by they might mistakenly think that you've been possessed by a demon

 

[kev]

I love seeing the signs in Welsh.
Whenever I drive to Wales, I always know I'm getting close when I see that first road sign for Queueslikely.

 

[tonyhorne]

I do wonder though - how many of the Welsh actually speak and read Welsh themselves?

A significant and growing proportion, which is only a good thing.

All of them speak English though and road signs are meant to give useful information for the safety of all, not to keep secrets from certain sections of society ...

 

[Papa Shango]

A significant and growing proportion, which is only a good thing.

All of them speak English though and road signs are meant to give useful information for the safety of all, not to keep secrets from certain sections of society ...

Surely most road users know what a road sign means just from looking at it though?

That's what all those funny little symbols on them are for.

 

[Rita_Poon]

What's the beef with Welsh road signs? with the nation up in arms about the 20mph limit, won't it be quicker to get about on horseback from now on?

 

[toffee82]

We don’t need to, we know where we’re going

Reminds me of a story I heard on the radio in Bermuda.

Someone said that they happened to be behind an old friend on a drive into town (about 30 minutes). When they arrived they said to their friend, "I just followed you for about half an hour and you didn't indicate once." Their friend replied, "I've been driving this way into town for over 30 years. If people don't know where I'm going that's their problem."

 

[tonyhorne]

Surely most road users know what a road sign means just from looking at it though?

That's what all those funny little symbols on them are for.

Indeed. However,

 

[Papa Shango]

Indeed. However,
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What am I looking at here? No heavy goods vehicles to to the road on the left. And I can read that in both English and Welsh?

What's the issue? It's not like the sign is just in Welsh.

 

[Papa Shango]

What's the beef with Welsh road signs? with the nation up in arms about the 20mph limit, won't it be quicker to get about on horseback from now on?

The horses can't read Welsh.

 

[tonyhorne]

What am I looking at here? No heavy goods vehicles to to the road on the left. And I can read that in both English and Welsh?

If only that were true ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

 

[Voodoo Billy]

What am I looking at here? No heavy goods vehicles to to the road on the left. And I can read that in both English and Welsh?

What's the issue? It's not like the sign is just in Welsh.

Someone (English) has clearly sent the wording to be translated into Welsh and received an automated email in return which reads "I'm not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated" and the clever Sais has translated this and put it on the sign.

 

[Rita_Poon]

The horses can't read Welsh.

sadly, that's where the similarity ends.

 

[Papa Shango]

If only that were true ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

Ha, shame, they should have kept it.

 

[Cool_Blue]

lol lol lol lol

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