In my linguistics class yesterday we looked at a bunch of odd street and city signs from around the globe. We discussed how often times signs can just be translated wrong into English. As we struggle to make English the first language of the world these types of things are going to be more and more common. Other times when a sign makes perfect sense to the local groups, it will make absolutely no sense to a visitor.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/11/travel/funny-signs.html
This was the slide show we viewed in class.
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