Comments on: Driver’s License for a Six-Year Old http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jon http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35960 Jon Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:12:20 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35960 This seems like such a cute and interesting place! This seems like such a cute and interesting place!

]]> By: Marcina, USA http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35924 Marcina, USA Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:17:04 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35924 In that traffic light picture in the test, did blue mean go? <span class='jfriedl'>Yeah, it's a very weird thing about Japanese culture that though their concepts for "green" and "blue" match the rest of the human race, the one odd exception are traffic lights. A green-as-a-spring-bean "go" light is called "blue". Anything else that exact same shade is called "green". It's so ingrained that I've never met a Japanese person who even considered that this was odd, much less even noticed the disconnect. However, it appears that the Driving School <i>did</i> notice the disconnect, and made the graphic to match the language, not the reality. —Jeffy</span> In that traffic light picture in the test, did blue mean go?

Yeah, it’s a very weird thing about Japanese culture that though their concepts for “green” and “blue” match the rest of the human race, the one odd exception are traffic lights. A green-as-a-spring-bean “go” light is called “blue”. Anything else that exact same shade is called “green”. It’s so ingrained that I’ve never met a Japanese person who even considered that this was odd, much less even noticed the disconnect. However, it appears that the Driving School did notice the disconnect, and made the graphic to match the language, not the reality. —Jeffy

]]> By: nils http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35921 nils Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:54:59 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35921 Thanks for this, Jeffrey. Very timely. We were just looking at Kidzania info yesterday and talking about going this summer. Your photos are great. I'm going to show Greg when he gets home. Thanks for this, Jeffrey. Very timely. We were just looking at Kidzania info yesterday and talking about going this summer. Your photos are great. I’m going to show Greg when he gets home.

]]> By: Eric Mesa http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35915 Eric Mesa Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:14:48 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-07-08/1251#comment-35915 It's pretty funny they had to take a test first. So at the end of the day do they need to file taxes? q;o) I'm really, really enjoying this series - hope that's not all there is of it. It’s pretty funny they had to take a test first. So at the end of the day do they need to file taxes? q;o)

I’m really, really enjoying this series – hope that’s not all there is of it.

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