Beware School Bus

Beware School Bus

Left: Sign on the gravel road leading to the eastern entrance of Carnarvon Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia.


Over at the LA Times last month, I posted this photo I took in Australia in 2006. To me, it's a fun illustration of the slightly-different ways that Australians and Americans use the English language.

Australians interpret "beware" in what must be it's original understanding - something like "be aware of". So, simply, "Be aware of the school bus".

Americans, however, find the meaning somewhat ambiguous, with several possible meanings to the warning.

One of the commenters on this photo at the LA Times notes:

That was placed by that monster from jeepers creepers

What could he be talking about? So, I checked. And you know, he's right!:

Jeepers Creepers 2 trailer