English as a common language has made this GSE trip perhaps easier than if not between the U.S. and the U.K. However, both the team and their hosts are having great conversations about the subtle differences. Informational signage is a great starting point. For example, an advertisement outside a vacant property on the real estate market: "Imposing Family Home." A home for a particular type of family or a comparatively larger building? Above is a sign for a facility near public toilets which I assume is a throw-back to another era for one side of the parental pair to attend to infant diaper-changing needs, but may have served as a semi-private room for breast-feeding babies. Any ideas? -TH
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Cultural Signs
English as a common language has made this GSE trip perhaps easier than if not between the U.S. and the U.K. However, both the team and their hosts are having great conversations about the subtle differences. Informational signage is a great starting point. For example, an advertisement outside a vacant property on the real estate market: "Imposing Family Home." A home for a particular type of family or a comparatively larger building? Above is a sign for a facility near public toilets which I assume is a throw-back to another era for one side of the parental pair to attend to infant diaper-changing needs, but may have served as a semi-private room for breast-feeding babies. Any ideas? -TH
