Today is September 1st, and therefore it is Theme Day on City Daily Photo Blogs. The theme for the month of September is Street Signs and Street Lights.This sign was not exactly taken in Montpellier but I found the translation very funny..... English-speaking blogger friends, do you understand what it means?
Seattle (WA), USA - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Singapore, Singapore - Boston (MA), USA - Mexico (DF), Mexico - Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia - Mainz, Germany - Evry, France - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Sequim (WA), USA - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Nottingham, UK - Toulouse, France - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Manila, Philippines - Mumbai, India - Montpellier, France - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Stayton (OR), USA - Moscow, Russia - Paris, France - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Austin (TX), USA - Lyon, France - Stockholm, Sweden - Hyde, UK - Hong Kong, China - Joplin (MO), USA - Seoul, South Korea - Chandler (AZ), USA - St. Louis (MO), USA - Arlington (VA), USA - Anderson (SC), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Villigen, Switzerland - Sydney, Australia - Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - San Diego (CA), USA - Bandung (West Java), Indonesia - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Nelson, New Zealand - Quincy (MA), USA - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Bend (OR), USA - Wellington, New Zealand - New Orleans (LA), USA - Cypress (TX), USA - Nashville (TN), USA - Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia - Detroit (MI), USA - Saigon, Vietnam - Selma (AL), USA - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Miami (FL), USA - Arradon, France - Sheki, Azerbaijan - New York City (NY), USA - Inverness (IL), usa - North Bay (ON), Canada - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Tenerife, Spain - Auckland, New Zealand - Forks (WA), USA - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Chateaubriant, France - Madison (WI), USA - Wailea (HI), USA - Orlando (FL), USA - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Ajaccio, France - Baltimore (MD), USA - Crepy-en-Valois, France - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Budapest, Hungary - Lyon, France - Saarbrücken, Germany - Adelaide (SA), Australia - Le Guilvinec, France - River Falls (WI), USA - Stavanger, Norway - Naples (FL), USA - London, UK - La Antigua, Guatemala - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Montréal (QC), Canada - Paris, France - San Diego (CA), USA - Trujillo, Peru - Haninge, Sweden - Prague, Czech Republic - Oslo, Norway - Grenoble, France - Shanghai, China - Toronto (ON), Canada - Durban, South Africa - Zurich, Switzerland - Cape Town, South Africa - Singapore, Singapore - Torino, Italy - Flagstaff (AZ), USA
Excellent! Merci Marie.
RépondreSupprimerI really like the sign. :)
RépondreSupprimerDoes it mean that when you go to the park for your peaceful contemplation, you can do it safely by locking your car when you leave? What a polite sign--where I live I think they'd just whistle and walk away while your stuff got stolen out of your car. :)
Unique sign, i love its color.
RépondreSupprimerWhat a good idea. I've not seen a sign like this around here.
RépondreSupprimerHahah ! Bien vu !
RépondreSupprimerI have no idea what it says or means. It is kind of funny in the cartoon part.
RépondreSupprimerI didn't participate this month as I found nothing worthwhile to photograph among the few street signs and lights that we have where I live. Maybe next time.
It is an invitation to lock the doors of one's car before watching the landscape.
RépondreSupprimerI would be very much interested in knowing what the people who wrote the sign should have written instead of that silly sentence in English.....
You are right, Michelle :-)
RépondreSupprimerHa ha. If you are going to sightsee, read a map or stop for any reason, be sure you lock your car door!
RépondreSupprimerTurn your lights on and lock the doors ... I will have to look closer because I don't think we have such fun signs in the US. Very effective.
RépondreSupprimerDenton, maybe you don't need them :-)) Here we do need them.
RépondreSupprimerThank you very much rambling round, that's perfect.
I might send your suggestion to "le conseil général de l'Ardèche" (I would mention the address of your blog) or maybe you could write to them -))
In Yorkshire the sign would say "LOOK here, don't be daft, LOCK t'door"
RépondreSupprimerWhoever recruits translators in Montpellier wants sacking.
Our signs mostly say "Not responsible for stolen items."
RépondreSupprimerSo instead of kindly inviting people to protect their belongings by locking their doors, our signs say "You aren't allowed to sue us!"
Very cute sign, and I love the graphic!
Well, that sure is nice of them to post this sign.
RépondreSupprimerI doubt we would have such a sign here. Like Victoria, you would instead see signs saying, "Cars parked at owner's risk. We are not responsible for stolen, damaged or lost cars or items."
"For your personal safety - lock your car doors!"
RépondreSupprimerThe sign is adorable!
une signalisation aussi étonnate qu'amusante
RépondreSupprimerIt is adorable and cute - shame about the mis-translation.
RépondreSupprimerLock your doors before leaving your vehicle. A good idea. The car looks like he's out of the Cars movie.
RépondreSupprimerHow cure Marie
RépondreSupprimerIn PNG the sign would say:
"Lokim dispela dua"
Hope you can call in and see my sign!!!!
whoops - I meant CUTE!!!
RépondreSupprimerFantastic translation! Here they're just pretty brutal: "Lock your car doors- thieves operate in this area. "
RépondreSupprimerFar more poetic the Montpellier way!
Seasons in Australia - well, traditionally they have always started on the first of the month: 1 Sep-spring, 1 Dec- summer, 1 march - autimn, 1 June - winter.
I guess it sort of reflects more the actual reality, although in sydney it's more 15 july- winter 15 Aug - spring, 25 oct - summer, 2 april - autumn! or somethign like that. For some reason we abandoned the equinoxes as seasonal identifiers and went more prosaic; probably a colonial thing, so I blame the English! (Why not ;-)There's one story that the colonial army used to change their uniforms from winter to summer on 1 Sep, and summer to wonter on 1 March.
All over Australia different Aboriginal people had different seasons - about 5,6, 8 or so....like the build up to the wet in the tropics, the wet, etc. Varied accordign to where they were. Indigenous weather knowledge: http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/index.shtml
The 4 season thing is a European construct, and it is used here by convention, but it's actually mad in lots of places!
I almost missed your lovely post! The sweetest street sign I've seen. :)
RépondreSupprimerIf you stop, be safe and lock the doors. Good advice.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is an English idiom that says the same thing, right?
RépondreSupprimerGreat sign! And thanks for the reminder to post my picture!
RépondreSupprimerLovely photos and comments.
Very insightful.
That is such a nice, friendly reminder, even though there is a spelling error.
RépondreSupprimerIt has the effect of making people think more profoundly about what it tries to convey. Spelling errors can be quite funny sometimes !
I wasn't sure what it said but it was very funny! I haven't seen a sign like this around me...very cute.
RépondreSupprimerGreat sign! I had no idea what it meant until I started reading the comments.
RépondreSupprimerteeth bleaching
Quelle bévue !
RépondreSupprimerI was trying to figure it out and thought "ferme" meant close, I guess it means "lock"?
RépondreSupprimerIt is a cute sign! Very cute.