Boltar wrote:
> On 9 May, 21:46, Mike Bristow
urgle.com> wrote:>> In article
a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
>> Boltar yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 9 May, 17:24, John B
johnband.org> wrote:>>>> Could you get any more Anglophone-arrogant? Last time I checked, TfL
>>>> stations didn't have signs in Katakana...
>>> I think its fair to say that the latin alphabet is a worldwide
>>> standard
>> Western European, rather than worldwide.
>
> Western europe, the entire americas, all of sub saharan africa, the
> indian subcontinent & australasia.
>> Or in Moscow, Japan, China, Greece or any country using the Arabic
>
> The latin alphabet is used frequently in russia and ukraine and I've
> seen it used in greece too. I'd be surprised if its not used for
> advertising as well as other things in japan and china.
It appears a bit in Bulgaria - things like station names. But they are
tiny and hard enough to spot even in Cyrillic.
Japan has romaji, but I've no idea where and how it is used.
>> alphabet (which used to include examples on every continent except
>> Antarctica and America).
>
> Yes , well not any more.
Well, if the Moors call for a rematch in Spain....
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK
