Signspotting: 09/17/06

Signspotting is the best of the images submitted to the website of the same name that is run by the publishers of the Lonely Planet books. Anyone who frequents the website will recognize many (if not all) the photographs presented in the book. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the book and the captions as a stand-alone work of art and social commentary.

Here's my BookCrossing Review:

It's a cute book and a quick read. Some of these signs make sense in the appropriate context (the headlight and clouds sign from Maui, for example, is on a volcano that is more than a mile high and usually cloud covered). Some of them are common language mistakes (the "flesh" for "fresh" given the Japanese phoneme blending of 'l' and 'r'). Nonetheless, it was a nice diversion on a weekend.

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