Signs are everywhere. Some we could read; others, not so much. Some are pictures giving directions and some are just bad translations. Some are written by the Brits; easy to recognize by their length – as in long. Here are some of the more amusing or puzzling or long signs we’ve seen along the way!
Spelling is a problem both in English and non-English as a first language countries.
![](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_20171224_172004.jpg)
This sign is in Fort Augustus, Scotland where English is the first language and they still can’t spell – or proofread!
![missing a T in the word](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IND-glamping-sign.jpg)
No room for the “T”
![Misspelled fruit shake sign](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1160212.jpg)
Spelling is not always perfect in signs. This one’s in Thailand.
Then there are the signs about phones and computers!
![coffee shop no laptops](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/OXF-coffee-shop-no-laptops.jpg)
A library coffee shop in Oxford wants to keep the tables free for patrons.
![rome no cell phone sign](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rome-no-cell-phone-sign.jpg)
One of our favorite little pizza places in Rome has this sign.
![](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SA-no-selfie-stick-sign.jpg)
No selfies with the penguins! We found this sign in South Africa while watching penguins.
![Scot Rail sign](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SCOTrail-sign.jpg)
This sign was on the train between Edinburgh and Inverness.
![Jodhpur hotel advertisement](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/JOD-hotel-sign-1024x682.jpg)
We like the “etc” on the hotel advertisement on this Jodhpur hotel.
![Jodhpur no smoking sign](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/JOD-no-smoking.jpg)
The fort in Jodphur tried to discourage smoking.
![closed coffee shop sign](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MEL-coffee-shop-sign.jpg)
The coffee shop at RMIT university was closed when we walked by.
![No parking sign in middle of parking spot](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PM-Parking-lot-sign.jpg)
This sign takes up a perfectly good parking spot and there were 3 or 4 of them in Porrt Macquarie.
![Champagne sign](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TAS-Champagne-sign.jpg)
Advertising Tasmanian sparkling wine.
![](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rome-no-CC-sign.jpg)
Rome – Cash only economy!
![scotland hot water sign in a sink](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Scotland-hot-water.jpg)
Just in case you can’t figure out that water in a sink might be hot. This was in a Scottish toilet.
![No feeding kangaroo sign](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1170272.jpg)
Don’t you dare feed the kangaroos!
Mark used the toilet in Terminal 21 in Bangkok. We saw many Japanese tourists there and we assume that’s why they had a Japanese style toilet with all the bells and whistles. At least they posted these directions on what the functions of the various buttons are on the toilet – sort of! It goes along with some signs we saw for how to use a western toilet – SIT on the seats!
![](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BAN-how-to-use-japanese-toilet.jpg)
![sit on the toilet](https://361532.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BAN-toilet-instructions.jpg)
Make sure you sit on the western toilet. We found this sign in Bangkok.