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As it turns out, Grandma had been shopping at Mervyns, when a sales clerk made an announcement over the loud speaker – in Spanish. Grandma, being Grandma of course, marched directly to the managers office … (where) she informed the manager that she would no longer be shopping at Mervyns and for over thirty-years she has kept her word. To this day she refuses to shop there.
Here is my comment on this awful story… I don’t know quite why the author is so against using other languages. Learning and using only one language really limits our world view so much.
This is another comment that I made on her blog: I doubt anyone will ever post it, so I’m posting it here…
Kenneth said…
Quite frankly your grandmother sounds like a frightful bigot.
I appreciate comments and announcements in stores here that are bi- or multi- lingual… It is convenient, helpful and good PR to cater to minority groups, tourists and other groups of customers in languages that they are comfortable using.
Where I am right now, announcements on our subway are in four languages, generally. I have learned at least two of the languages used, but I do still appreciate the odd announcement in my own first language. It draws attention to things I might otherwise have missed.
This is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-racial world, country, state, city, town, and village. And I, for one, like it.
Kenneth
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