One for the road-sign collectors who worry what "Cyclists Dismount" really means: there's apparently a temporary bilingual sign at roadworks between Penarth and Cardiff which translates it as the collapse of cystitis. Article in the South Wales Echo (where the spokespeople for outraged Cambrophones confuse return - dychwel - with demolition - dymchwel) refers.
I think this is one of those URLs that rapidly goes out of date:-
Quote: 'Cyclists dismount is an awkward sentence to translate as there is no Welsh word for dismount.' Arguably, there is no English word for dismount, but there you are.
Geraint Jones <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting
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Quote: 'Cyclists dismount is an awkward sentence to translate as there is no Welsh word for dismount.' Arguably, there is no English word for dismount, but there you are.
You don't expect to find a direct equivalent of bureaucratic standard phrases, but surely it's possible to say "Cyclists: please* get off and walk" in Welsh? [*Omit "please" but use polite form of verb]
It's really unimpressive that they're actually in Wales and can't find a colleague that can compose simple instructions in plain Welsh!
-- Sue ]🙁🙂
Bicycle helmets are really a bit of a scam. They make most cyclists slightly less safe but there's money in selling them.
Quote: 'Cyclists dismount is an awkward sentence to translate as there is no Welsh word for dismount.' Arguably, there is no English word for
Going by the photo it is not easy to see why cyclists should dismount.The car drivers are not pushing their vehicles.What's the welsh for ''cyclists may use the road as usual'' TerryJ
