Connotative differences...Solo M/C

[Jan Ivarsson]

Is it not possible that SOLO M/C means that they do not want SIDECAR M/C:s  parked there?
Jan Ivarsson, Sweden

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynne Murphy" <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: den 18 oktober 2000 13:11
Subject: Re: Connotative differences in spelling


> >"Thru" and -- I think -- a few other 'reformed' spellings remain in
> >'serious' use on US road signs. Is the UK different in this regard?
> >
> >-- Doug Wilson
>
> There's a lot less writing on UK road signs in general (they're more
> the international symbol type), and I don't recall seeing 'thru', but
> I don't have a car, so I wouldn't know.  The one thing that I've
> noticed is that motorcycle parking is marked "SOLO M/C"--I find the
> SOLO instead of ONLY interesting.  Doesn't seem recent enough to be
> an EU innovation.
>
> I have seen in a newspaper (probably _The Guardian_) the NY state
> thruway (I think this was in an article about the NY senate race)
> spelt "throughway", which I wanted to write to the editor about, but
> didn't.
>
> Lynne
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