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17 Nov 19 - 04:42 PM (#4019880) Subject: BS: hear about the road sign in Welsh? From: keberoxu Can anyone confirm that such a sign really exists? The sign is the result, it is said, of the Highway Dept. sending the English text for a road sign to a Welsh translator, and receiving an e-mail reply, which the Highway people hastily had made into a bi-lingual English-Welsh sign. English: No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only. underneath: Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu. |
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17 Nov 19 - 06:58 PM (#4019902) Subject: RE: BS: hear about the road sign in Welsh? From: Nigel Parsons No such sign exists. It was taken down several years ago after being on the news. The story is from 2008: Wales online The Welsh part was, roughly "I'm not in the office at the moment, please send any work to be translated". |
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17 Nov 19 - 08:28 PM (#4019914) Subject: RE: BS: hear about the road sign in Welsh? From: robomatic At least someone cares about the rest of us. Now I can LOL! |
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17 Nov 19 - 08:35 PM (#4019916) Subject: RE: BS: hear about the road sign in Welsh? From: Steve Shaw Bit of an ancient joke to say the least. Maybe you have to live here. |
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18 Nov 19 - 10:18 AM (#4020050) Subject: RE: BS: hear about the road sign in Welsh? From: Mr Red Not a myth, just amusing history now. And FWIW it has been said, and I have never had it contradicted that: In Welsh hospitals you can have a coloured wristband to tell the nurses you want to converse in Welsh, and a different one to inform you only speak in English, and a colour for implying you "DON'T CARE AS LONG AS THE NURSE CAN DO THE JOB" There is also a feeling that the insistence from the Welsh parliament on nurses who speak Welsh get preference for employment, that it is weakening the quality and staffing levels. Nurses who move there with their spouses who can't find gainful employment, exist. And a small number (you can't get the stats anyway) is no excuse. |