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Wiktionary:Tea room Apr 30th 2012, 16:02 ‎stop Translingual?: Reply ← Older revision Revision as of 16:02, 30 April 2012 Line 1,623: Line 1,623:   I believe there is a case for a translingual entry for {{term|stop}} as it seems to be internationally used as a highway command at a road junction. What do you think? -- [[User: Algrif |<i>A<small>LGRIF</small></i >]][[User talk:Algrif |<font color="#FFD700"> talk</font>]] 15:30, 30 April 2012 (UTC)   I believe there is a case for a translingual entry for {{term|stop}} as it seems to be internationally used as a highway command at a road junction. What do you think? -- [[User: Algrif |<i>A<small>LGRIF</small></i >]][[User talk:Algrif |<font color="#FFD700"> talk</font>]] 15:30, 30 April 2012 (UTC)   :What? Hardly. Also, I think we argued this already with [[pizza]]. -- [[User:Liliana-60|Liliana]] [[User talk:Liliana-60|•]] 15:51, 30 April 2012 (UTC)   :What? Hardly. Also, I think we argued this already with [[pizza]]. -- [[User:Liliana-60|Liliana]] [[User talk:Liliana-60|•]] 15:51, 30 April 2012 (UTC)   + ::[[File:Italian traffic signs - fermarsi e dare precedenza - stop.svg|right|thumb|75px|Italian stop sign.]] I think this is closer to the situation with [[mayday]] (which is translingual) or [[pan-pan]] than [[pizza]], in that it's a word that has been given international use by a treaty, even in languages where it's otherwise meaningless. For context, the international regulation is that a [[w:stop sign|stop sign]] needs the word ''stop'' written in English, in the local language, or both. There are definitely countries which write "STOP" on their road signs despite not using the word in language otherwise. Italy, for instance, uses "STOP" rather than "[[fermarsi|FERMATI]]" or similar. I think that probably pushes it into translingual territory, although unlike "mayday" or "pan-pan", which are corruptions of French that have taken on a life of their own, Translingual "stop" means English "stop", except in a more limited context. [[User:Smurrayinchester|Smurrayinchester]] ([[User talk:Smurrayinchester|talk]]) 16:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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