<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[English Language Signs From Around The World]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><span> </span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><em><span>Wonderful English found on signage from Around the World</span></em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>In a Bangkok Temple:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Cocktail lounge, Norway:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Doctor's office, Rome:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Dry cleaners, Bangkok:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>In a Nairobi restaurant:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>On the main road to Mombasa, leaving Nairobi :</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>On a poster at Kencom:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>In a City restaurant:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>In a Cemetery:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES ...</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>On the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>In a Tokyo Bar:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Hotel, Yugoslavia:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Hotel, Japan:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>In the lobby of a Moscow Hotel, across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>YOU  ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET  COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>A sign posted in Germany 's Black Forest :</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>IT  IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE, THAT PEOPLE OF  DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT,  UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE..</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Hotel, Zurich:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>BECAUSE  OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE  BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>A Laundry in Rome:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Seen in an Abu Dhabi Souk shop window :</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE…</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/topic/23812/english-language-signs-from-around-the-world</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:37:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://brownsboard.com/topic/23812.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:21:38 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to English Language Signs From Around The World on Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:46:08 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Pretty funny</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/300163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/300163</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Cysko Kid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:46:08 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>