# What peoples of the world have a strong national identity but no strong urge for independence?

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-peoples-of-the-world-have-a-strong-national-identity-but-no-strong-urge-for-independence/1012323/61 "2025-01-03T19:58:30Z")

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> [@Heracles](#):
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> ETA: Of course the signs in Canada put emphasis on symbols and icons, so that most people can find their way even if they can’t pronounce every word.

Right. Except for Stop/Arrêt signs, most Canadian road signs avoid the bilingual issue by not having either English or French words.† Or a word that means the same in both languages. (“Maximum” being the only word on speed limit signs, for example.) No doubt there are other signs than than those on this Wikipedia page that have wordage, so they’re not perfect.

> **[Road signs in Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_Canada)**
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> Road signs in Canada may conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC) by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) for use by Canadian jurisdictions. Although it serves a similar role to the MUTCD from the US Federal Highway Administration, it has been independently developed and has a number of key differences with its American counterpart, most notably the inclusion of bilingual (English/French) signage for jurisdictions such as New Brunswick with Signs fo...

† Unlike American signage, which has always been rather verbose. Consider the Yield, Do Not Enter, One Way, and Railroad Crossing signs in the US, all of which have those words on them. In Canada, they just have the outline of the sign.

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