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Saw this script on a truck the other day. Anyone know what this is?
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Korean on the left, Thai on the right.
 
hmmm - more like Punjabi (in Gurmukhi script) on the left. On the right it's too blurry for my ancient eyes!

Might be some "blessings" chosen by the truck driver - or owner.
 
Might be correct, Tom.
 
Would help if we knew what part of northern India Basil was driving in ...

Probably translates as:

Caution - wide turns.

:eagerness:
 
I managed to find the Punjabi script where I could cut and paste the characters and put it into Google Translate. Never would have guessed this;

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It's all Greek to me! :devilgrin:
 
Perhaps that's because in English yes sometimes means no, or no means yes or maybe I've got it backwards. :thirsty:
 
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I feel like I am becoming my dad... I can't understand a darn thing these young rock & rollers are saying! :thirsty:
 
elrey said:
I feel like I am becoming my dad... I can't understand a darn thing these young rock & rollers are saying! :thirsty:
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I hear ya dude!

 
Basil - just out of curiosity, where did you find those Punjabi characters? They don't completely match what's on the back of the truck, especially those extra markings above and below the horizontal line.

Thanks.
Tom M.


Basil said:
I managed to find the Punjabi script where I could cut and paste the characters and put it into Google Translate. Never would have guessed this;

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JPSmit said:
I hear ya dude!

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An off topic aside; It wasn't until I saw Magical Mystery Tour when I was 11 that I felt sure there were others out there with synesthesia. It was some thing I kept to myself. It was a few years before I learned the name for it and decades before I realized it was a useful gift.
 
elrey said:
An off topic aside; It wasn't until I saw Magical Mystery Tour when I was 11 that I felt sure there were others out there with synesthesia. It was some thing I kept to myself. It was a few years before I learned the name for it and decades before I realized it was a useful gift.
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As is the ability to "lobe switch". The ballerina's rotation can be changed at will for both of us here. Distinct advantage to be able to go from left to right lobe.
 
DrEntropy said:
As is the ability to "lobe switch". The ballerina's rotation can be changed at will for both of us here. Distinct advantage to be able to go from left to right lobe.
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I am able to switch the spinning ballerina's direction at will also. Does that mean I have this condition?
 
elrey said:
An off topic aside; It wasn't until I saw Magical Mystery Tour when I was 11 that I felt sure there were others out there with synesthesia. It was some thing I kept to myself. It was a few years before I learned the name for it and decades before I realized it was a useful gift.
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And further aside: There was a band in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia back in the '70's with song lyrics: "There's a funny looking color coming out of what you said, and the sound of running water in my eyes."
 
Basil said:
I am able to switch the spinning ballerina's direction at will also. Does that mean I have this condition?
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Begging the Major's pardon... "Condition"?!? :yikes::scared:

I prefer to refer to it as a well honed talent. :smirk:
 
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