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[Sridhar Ayengar]

Liam Proven wrote:
>>> If I bought a French computer I'd either rely on enough knowledge of French
>>> to get by, or I'd look up what I needed to know.
>> I have a French car (actually, I have several).  The dashboard warning lights
>> and switches are labelled with little symbols.  The symbols are pretty much
>> the same as on the dashboard and switches of my fianceé's German car, and my
>> Mum's Japanese van.
>>
>> Oddly enough, among the symbols on the dashboard of my car is one simply
>> labelled "STOP", which is the same across all versions in the UK and Europe.
>> It lights up when something really bad happens, along with a more descriptive
>> warning light indicating loss of oil pressure, or hydraulic pressure or fluid
>> level, or serious overheating.  Why "STOP" and not another little symbol I
>> don't know.
> 
> I must confess I've never driven a motor vehicle outside the British
> Isles, but is "STOP" on roadsigns and so on something fairly
> international? Do non-English-speaking countries put STOP on their
> roadsigns? I have a feeling I have seen it abroad before now.

If memory serves, even France uses STOP.  I have come across 
neighborhoods in Canada that use only ARRET, but it's not common.

Peace...  Sridhar