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Where might you see a sign like this and what does it forbid you from doing?
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Podolsky on 24 Sep 2006 at 1:01 pm #
The text is in Tibetan, and although I can read and transcribe it, I can’t guess what it means.
par brgyag mi chog
Joseph Staleknight on 24 Sep 2006 at 7:26 pm #
Par brgyag mi chog….
I suppose that since it looks like a road sign, I think it forbids something on the road. I think it’s a “No Parking” Sign.
Simon on 24 Sep 2006 at 8:03 pm #
Podolsky’s right - it is Tibetan
Joseph - it’s not a “No Parking” sign or other road sign, but one you might see in a temple or museum.
I created the image and am not sure whether the shape and colours I used are the same as those used for such signs in Tibet - they just looked good to me.
TJ on 24 Sep 2006 at 8:30 pm #
I think it is “no photography” or the like
Alex on 24 Sep 2006 at 9:58 pm #
Yup, took me a while to find an online Tibetan dictionary, but it seems TJ’s right. for once I checked the blog before Simon had announced the winner, but c’est la vie.
Bill Walsh on 25 Sep 2006 at 12:18 am #
Hey, I knew it was Tibetan. Since it was solved, I didn’t get off the couch to get my phrasebook to look it up.
Yrs. for the mi-rgod…
Simon on 25 Sep 2006 at 9:03 am #
TJ is right - it does mean “No Photography”. Good guess!
Joseph Staleknight on 25 Sep 2006 at 11:54 am #
Strange,… some of the characters looked like they came from Tamil.
TJ on 25 Sep 2006 at 8:10 pm #
AHA!!!
what’s my gift!!!! :D
Simon on 26 Sep 2006 at 8:39 am #
TJ - would you like to come up with a question for the next quiz?
TJ on 26 Sep 2006 at 12:58 pm #
Sure, I will think of it.
By the way did you receive my email?
Simon on 26 Sep 2006 at 1:26 pm #
I don’t think I did receive your email, TJ
renato on 01 Oct 2006 at 1:12 am #
Well, Simon, My message today there is anything about Tibetan language. As you don’t have any kind of subjet in the proposal subjet I would like to know about the construct language Tsulyani. I read this name in a web page, which I don’t know which, but it looks like Tsuyani is a language like Slovio, Folkspraak and Interlingua, a language to make easier the life of people who speak semitic languages as Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Siriac, and maybe Ahmaric. Don’t you have more informations about this language. It looks like a man named M.A.R. Barker who is creating this language.