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Thursday April 10th

The L-word vs. the C-Word 18106

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7338151.stm (score:304 / approval:86%)

by --B Wed Apr 9th, 2008 1:43pm (from #bor)

Residents living in a graffiti-plagued village on Merseyside are being asked to consider changing its name to tackle vandals who alter signs in the village.

Vandals keep changing the letter 'L' to a 'C' on the village's signs

graffiti, signs, vandals, village

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Wednesday November 7th 2007

Those crazy baptists 16682

by topher Tue Nov 6th, 2007 8:39pm (from #bor)

the altar boys are happy

baptist, church signs, signs

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Saturday September 22nd 2007

In pictures: Silly signs 16389

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6993762.stm?lsm (score:211 / approval:75%)

by --B Fri Sep 21st, 2007 12:26pm (from #bor)

signs

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Wednesday February 7th 2007

Tired of Laughter, Beijing Gets Rid Of Bad Translations 13144

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117063961235897853-U_f3y5c3vvlXGKCWb14Va6... (score:314 / approval:83%)

by --B Tue Feb 6th, 2007 5:38pm (from #bor)

Tired of Laughter, Beijing Gets Rid Of Bad Translations

BEIJING -- For years, foreigners in China have delighted in the loopy English translations that appear on the nation's signs. They range from the offensive ("Deformed Man," outside toilets for the handicapped) to the sublime (on park lawns, "Show Mercy to the Slender Grass").

beijing, china, engrish, olympics, signs, translation

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Sunday December 17th 2006

Vienna to get gender-equal traffic and exit signs 12107

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061215/lf_afp/austriamenwomensigns_061215185055 (score:182 / approval:100%)

by --B Sat Dec 16th, 2006 11:05am (from #bor)

VIENNA (AFP) - A green exit sign shows a woman, rather than a man, running for the door, while a traffic light features another crossing the street in a new initiative by the City of Vienna to raise awareness about gender equality.

gender equality, signs, vienna

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