Foreign writing on some Dublin taxis

K.O.L

Hi I have noticed writing on the rear of some Dublin taxis a sticker on the bumper or back window, it's written in "Arabic" or "Farsi" language. Has anyone else seen or noticed this? Would love to know what it means !

macroman

Could indicate the driver is multilingual? I noticed a lot of taxis in the US have signs on them in languages the drivers can speak -- seen a lot of Spanish and Russian, a few Chinese and what I think was Urdu.

K.O.L

Yea just looks very subtle , have only noticed when I'm stuck in traffic behind a car with the sticker on it

macroman wrote: »

Could indicate the driver is multilingual? I noticed a lot of taxis in the US have signs on them in languages the drivers can speak -- seen a lot of Spanish and Russian, a few Chinese and what I think was Urdu.

ceannair06

K.O.L wrote: »

Yea just looks very subtle , have only noticed when I'm stuck in traffic behind a car with the sticker on it

I doubt its anything as innocuous as language skills.

km991148

ceannair06 wrote: »

I doubt its anything as innocuous as language skills.

Jaysus..your right - probably terrorism.. or criminal gangs selling illegal goods using a secret code..


Seriously - what else would it be other than being proud of your background and showing it to other people of the same background/those that can understand the language - probably means Taxi the same way that some Irish people put Tacsaí on their taxis

km991148

Anyone got a picture then we can translate it?

Del.Monte

km991148 wrote: »

Jaysus..your right - probably terrorism.. or criminal gangs selling illegal goods using a secret code..


Seriously - what else would it be other than being proud of your background and showing it to other people of the same background/those that can understand the language - probably means Taxi the same way that some Irish people put Tacsaí on their taxis

Sounds like more proof of integration - bring on the Syrians and anybody else that feels like coming. :rolleyes:

n97 mini

km991148 wrote: »

Seriously - what else would it be other than being proud of your background and showing it to other people of the same background/those that can understand the language

I though taxi drivers were barred from doing such things? They certainly weren't allow have the colours of the Irish flag on display for very long.

BeardySi

Del.Monte wrote: »

Sounds like more proof of integration - bring on the Syrians and anybody else that feels like coming. :rolleyes:

Aye, because there's no signage as gaeilge in bars frequented by the all the Irish economic migrants around the world. I don't think fleeing the tyrannical Joan is enough to grant you refugee status... At least the Syrians had the good grace to wait till someone tried to kill them....

Mrs OBumble

OP, take a picture and post it.

FortySeven

Del.Monte wrote: »

Sounds like more proof of integration - bring on the Syrians and anybody else that feels like coming. :rolleyes:

Since when was abandoning your language a sign of integration?
Why aren't you speaking Irish? It being the national language and all.

Del.Monte

FortySeven wrote: »

Since when was abandoning your language a sign of integration?
Why aren't you speaking Irish? It being the national language and all.

I'm not Irish - the irony of posting on this subject.

FortySeven

Del.Monte wrote: »

I'm not Irish - the irony of posting on this subject.

Clearly didn't integrate, quick!Someone get outraged! foreigner promotion by his foreigness!

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

FortySeven wrote:

Why aren't you speaking Irish? It being the national language and all.

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Del.Monte

Great contribution, the knuckle-dragger who posted it probably has a surname associated with the Norman conquest/Elizabethan/Cromwellian but is too thick to realise it. Ireland was never some racially pure nirvana contrary to what some would have us believe. :rolleyes:

savagethegoat

oh well, if the cap Fitz....

listermint

Hey OP.

Its hardly you know something simple like



the Ad for Eithad Airlines and you know the tourism board for Dubai.




They are all over the place, do you watch any Premier League Football dumping massive amounts into tourism advertising.

K.O.L

I'm not saying it's anything sinister at all or anything like that I've seen it on two taxis this week and will try take a clear picture next time I see it !

Frank Grimes

K.O.L wrote: »

I'm not saying it's anything sinister at all or anything like that I've seen it on two taxis this week and will try take a clear picture next time I see it !

I can read Arabic script so I'll have a shot at translating it. At the very least I can figure out what the words are and try to translate them via google; my Arabic vocabulary is extremely limited and I only know (literally) a couple of Farsi words and no Urdu or other languages which use the script. I'm guessing it's probably Arabic or Urdu anyway.