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Antonio Marques wrote:

> ulf_kutzner <Ulf.Kutzner@web.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Mixed with all-capitals and mixed-case:
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_traffic_sign_783_(variant_1).svg
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg
>> 

> Am I the only one both puzzled and daunted by these 'magic' roundabouts?

Nope.  When I was in England some years ago and drove to Oxford, I was
careful to avoid it.  (I think there's only one.)

Do you know that it's named after a children's TV show, by the way?

https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/october/magic-roundabout/

-- 
Jerry Friedman