FWIW, stop signs in Japan are red “upside-down” triangles.
The stop sign in “stop11.jpg” from the link megs posted is Korean.
The octagonal sign used to be yellow, at least in many states. I remember when Maine switched, ca. 1960.
John W. Kennedy
“Compact is becoming contract; man only earns and pays.”
– Charles Williams
I always thought that Quebecois STOP/ARRET or ARRET only signs were interesting, given that
- they are not used in France
- “stop” is a French word (check your Larousse or Petit Robert).
Beatle, the frecnh paranoia about English exists only in Québec and there only because we’ve generally been fucking them for quite some time. ( think Acadia )
“C’mon, it’s not even tomorrow yet…” - Rupert
If you need a graphic solution, http:\ alk.to\Piglet
the only time in france that i ever heard anyone use the word stop, is when they were reading the signs…
“human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust; we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” - albert einstein