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From: Stewart.Clamen@CLAMEN.AVALON.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: STOP vs ARRET
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Date: 30 Aug 89 19:16:52 GMT
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From: "Stewart M. Clamen" <clamen@CS.CMU.EDU>


Actually, the reason why ARRET looks silly to me is because it is the
wrong part of speech.  Most of the other signs are in the imperative
(Yield, Do Not Enter) and I've always assumed that the "Stop" on
international STOP signs was an imperative verb, as opposed to the
noun, which "Arret" implies.

I have actually seen one ARRETEZ sign.  If anyone is in Montreal and
is interested, it is in Ville St. Pierre, on the 20 Service road, a
block south of St. Jacques.

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