Boltar wrote:
On 9 May, 21:46, Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
Boltar wrote:

On 9 May, 17:24, John B 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.

Malaysia, Vietnam, much of eastern Europe (depending how eastern Europe
is defined, but including the Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Croatia,
Turkey). Some of the *stans.

Here's a map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:L...stribution.svg

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