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Hummingbird Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Road signs

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00I'm trying to translate a joke that invovles the name of one highroad sign. 02br
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00''Driving on a highroad you see a sign that says the head road is closed, you have to turn right/left. It's a compulsory turn.02br
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00My question is: what do you call that sign?!02br
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0I'd call it a warning sign. I don't know of anything more specific. That's the thing about signs: they speak for themselves.

  • 0I'd call it a warning sign.
  • I don't know of anything more specific.
  • That's the thing about signs: they speak for themselves.
  • One sign is worth a thousand words.
  • 02br 02br 00Detours notoriously turn out to be bad roads, and we used to say the road was named after a Frenchman, DeTour.
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0I'd call it a warning sign. I don't know of anything more specific. That's the thing about signs: they speak for themselves. One sign is worth a thousand words. (Just kidding.) 02br
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00We call it a "01b01i00highway02i02b00." If there are two ways to get there, and one is on higher ground, we'd say, as in the song, 01i00
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0 hey hummingbird, sorry but i can't help to notice...that's a great hummingbird pic you got there!! i also have a friend who shoots like you...cool looking birds! 02br
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00got some other jokes here if you're interested hummingbird02br
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10Hey, b.b., Charlie Callas did that routine 30 years ago.02br
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