On Mon, 12 May 2008 11:43:09 -0400, Martin Baxter
wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

Along that line, a chap from Wyoming told me (but I can't verify this)
that when Wyoming accepted federal money for the state highway
department one of the criteria was to change every highway sign in the
state to meet US government standards -- and there went the first
year's budget...

I didn't think there were enough Spanish speakers in Wyoming to justify

And they can't learn the twenty five or so English words found on the
signs?
Neither can the either of the French speakers in Vancouver.

Casady