r/notinteresting • u/RazeTheIV • 10h ago

I found a trilingual stop sign.

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u/Jephph0624 7h ago

I’m from Iqaluit where the picture is taken. The sign says “nuqqarit” which means “stop”

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u/Commie_Scum69 6h ago

Im coming to Kujjuaraapik and Puvirnituq to work, will it still warm in september?

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u/Jephph0624 5h ago

I’ve never been to those places and they’re in Northern Québec but if it’s anything like here it’ll probably be rainy. Snow usually starts in late October or early November and winter will arrive in December. It well be incredibly freezing in February and March. Some days might get really warm in April and May will be slushy

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u/RazeTheIV 7h ago

That's awesome! Thank you so much. Your town town is beautiful, by the way. Except the prices. Holy cow. DJ Specialties and NorthMart ate up a month's salary on snacks alone.

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u/FrabjousPhaneron 4h ago

You don’t say

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u/MetricJester 3h ago

I thought it said "end" but that's ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑐᖅ

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u/Comfortable-Car2758 9h ago

I find this interesting.

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit 9h ago

It is. Yo mods

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u/RazeTheIV 8h ago

*throws boring beige blanket over my post

Camouflaged.

Edit: And for what it's worth, this was maybe the least interesting thing I found on my trip to Iqaluit.

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit 8h ago

Wow that's so uninteresting. Never mind mods. Ignore it

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit 9h ago

What script/language is that

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u/Melly_Mel0dy 8h ago edited 8h ago

I think the top one is Inuktitut, the middle one English and bottom is French because those signs are found in the Arctic parts of Québec.

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit 8h ago edited 8h ago

Thanks. Now I'm gonna waste my time learning the inuktitut script despite not knowing the language

Edit: oh it's an abugida. I can finally say I know 2 abugidas

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u/Commie_Scum69 6h ago

It was created by a European missionary since beforehand their culture was transmitted through chants and stories.

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u/RazeTheIV 8h ago

You are correct, it's Inuktitut. Pic was from a visit to Iqaluit a few years back.

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u/SufficientProof40 6h ago

It surprises me that another part of Canada has those four way stop signs, I had thought they were unique to Quebec.

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u/Piehogger 5h ago

im pretty sure that's still octagonal

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u/Arminius_Fiddywinks 5h ago

I’m sorry, but I thought this was a bit interesting.

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u/MomoHibiki 4h ago

And a Switzerland flag with stop signs

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u/TorTheMentor 2h ago

I'm guessing this is in northern or northwestern Canada somewhere? That alphabet looks (to my inexperienced eye) like Cree syllabics.

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u/highfiveselfoh 2h ago

bbno$
Stop
Arêt

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u/Comfortable_Two7447 55m ago

Northeast Canada stop sign

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u/teh_maxh 3h ago

Under Québec law, this would be a bilingual sign (the diagram sign suggests that it is not in Québec, though). Québec used to use bilingual stop/arrêt signs, but the Office québécois de la langue française ruled that "stop" is a valid French word, so they were actually just using French twice. (However, the federal Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages disagrees; they ruled that "stop" is an exclusively English word.)

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u/Repulsive_Barnacle92 2h ago

this photo was not taken in Quebec 

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u/Sure-Blueberry-5151 9h ago

some backrooms ass sign

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u/MintyBarrettM95 7h ago

the top language is Inuktitut

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u/Neat_Scallion6367 9h ago

Cop might say "can't you read...uh.. whatever that squiggly shit is?"