Language Log

Sign in Beihai Municipality, Guangxi Province that is circulating on WeChat:

Photo taken in the reception area of a hospital:

(Source)

Sign at the high-end Chinese hotpot chain Haidilao:

From Bobby Shore:

Anne Henochowicz spotted this sign in a shopping mall in Central, Hong Kong:

Anthony Clayden wonders whether there is "some visual pun going on with the Chinese characters" in the design of the symbol of the TRA, which "features a rail profile inscribed within two semi-circles."

Photograph of a sign in downtown Taitung, Taiwan:

(Courtesy of Anthony Clayden)

Why China still needs one, and Chairman Xi keeps calling for a profound transformation of toilet etiquette:

[This is a guest post by an anonymous correspondent.]

We traveled last week from our home in Baltimore out to see our daughter in Ohio, and while en route in Pennsylvania, my husband and I noticed something. At various points along the turnpike, we saw signs that noted "Falling Rocks" and others that noted "Fallen Rocks." It was after dark as we drove, so we couldn't see what the hillsides looked like, but we found it unusual to see both signs, which appeared to be in free variation. We didn't see any rocks in the road, and happily for us, none came rolling down as we passed.

Charles Below writes:

As a follow-up to "Diacriticless Vietnamese on a sign in San Francisco" (9/30/18), I saw this sign about a block or two away on a closed nail salon. I note the stray dot over the I in NAILS.  The surname I've redacted is, I believe, Irish.

Photo taken by Ori Tavor in Beijing at the Bank of China next to Hepingmen subway station:

Charles Belov sent in this photograph of a sign posted on the Pho 2000 restaurant on Larkin Street in San Francisco:

From Paul Haine's Twitter account:

Lots of good advice here pic.twitter.com/jjB1CEuJ25

— Paul Haine (@paul_haine) August 27, 2018