Profpointy
Legendary Member
It goes down as far as you want surely. 8 figures is 10m isn't it?
Strange Road Signs
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It goes down as far as you want surely. 8 figures is 10m isn't it?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Number are things that people often get twisted
which is the point in W3W - words for things fix in the mind better - especially in a crisis
there are problems with it
I remember a report of a rescue helicopter searching a place for ages for a person who used W3W to report the location
turned out that the actual location was a plural of one of the words - and was only a few miles away
but it is pretty good if you can use it
Another point - there have been times when a phone call has not got through due to weak signal
but a text message did get through as it requires less signal power for less time and retries
which is the point in W3W - words for things fix in the mind better - especially in a crisis
there are problems with it
I remember a report of a rescue helicopter searching a place for ages for a person who used W3W to report the location
turned out that the actual location was a plural of one of the words - and was only a few miles away
but it is pretty good if you can use it
Another point - there have been times when a phone call has not got through due to weak signal
but a text message did get through as it requires less signal power for less time and retries
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
I have reported fly tipping a few times and got an answer back asking for W3W location so they can find it
I think it depends on who looks at it - but at least some people use it
I think it depends on who looks at it - but at least some people use it
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
No, if you want all of GB, an OS National Grid all-numeric needs 15 digits to cover the whole country. And it only works for GB. If you want the whole world down to 14m (usually close enough to 10m for me!), I think that's best done in 10 characters of plus.codes. Anyone seen those on a strange road sign in this country yet? I've seen a few abroad.
Gwylan
Guru
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- All at sea⛵
Anybody think it was a foreign language!
Gwylan
Guru
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- All at sea⛵
Google Translate made some sense (but didn't get it all right, I don't think):
fflamiau ffitio sylwebydd = commenter fitting flames
mewn argyfwng dyfynwch y tri gair hyn = in an emergency quote these three words
What 3 words deliberately does not make sense to avoid confusion.
Didn't work here then
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
I grew up near Wales and lived there for many years so I recognised it
Never spoken it - but heard it a lot and seen it a lot
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Of course not. English is the "foreign language" here.
Though I'm afraid that even though I have lived in Wales since 1977, and have been married to a fluent Welsh speaker (who taught in Welsh language schools for many years) for 45 years, I still don't speak the language. I can understand a lot more than I can speak, enough that I can usually pick up the general gist of a conversation around me. And I can understand most signs I see.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Widnes
Probably said it here before
But when I lived in Wales I was in a cafe in Bethesda - which is very Welsh - one day having lunch with my daughter
The table next to us had a few locals around it - just chatting as normal
anyway - the table on the other side was empty until a group of English people came in
They had a cuppa and a sandwich or something and started complaining about "people speaking foreign languages" - in English - in Wales
anyway - they didn;t stay long and left in a huff
My daughter said "Dad - why were they moaning about the table next to us"
I started on the old "well some people etc etc" when she stopped me with
"But Dad - they are speaking English"
I listened - I hadn;t been as what they were saying was none of by business
and - sure enough - they were only talking in English
but they were locals so speaking with a local accent
which the ENglish people that had come in had not realised and just assumed it was Welsh - because it sounded kinda Welsh
and - to be fair - Welsh people - at least from that area - do use a few Welsh words for a few common things - but not much
my daughter went to a local school so could speak Welsh pretty well - although refused to admit to it
so she automatically realised it was English
Some people and all that
Profpointy
Legendary Member
There was a story reported where an Asian lady was talking to her daughter on a bus in Newport, and someone complained they should be speaking English. Other passengers on the bus explained that they were in fact in Wales and were speaking Welsh, and if the complainer didn't like it they were welcome to f-off back to England. I do rather hope it was a true story, but I can quite believe
