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- From: lendl@cosy.sbg.ac.at (Otmar Lendl)
- Subject: Re: discrepency in Guide
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:17:40 GMT
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- In article <105956@netnews.upenn.edu> weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener) writes:
- >>>I wonder if anywhere in the U.S. has its crosswalks painted with white
- >>>stripes, thus being worthy of the name `zebra crossing'.
- >
- >Now that the issue has come up, I've noticed for the first time in my
- >life (and I'm from here originally) that Philadelphia has genuine white
- >stripes on black zebra crossings.
-
- Same here in Austria. (Yes, that little country in Europe.)
- They are called "Zebrastreifen" which translates to "zebra-stripes".
- So for native German speakers it's clear what zebra-crossing is supposed
- to mean. (^^^^^^ Yes, German is spoken here.)
-
- /Otmar
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- |Otmar Lendl (lendl@cosy.sbg.ac.at) | Student of CS & Math at Salzburg |
- |Akademiestr. 15 A-5020 Salzburg | University (Austria / Europe) |
- | Put the scrabble away Arthur, it won't save the human race ! Ford P.|
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