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[noonereal]

Originally Posted by merrylander

If I was intolerant of Spanis speaking people I would have a real problem as my wife's father was Spanish and her mothher Italian, and there was a French grandmother in there somewhere.

That said when I was in Madrid on business only my hosts and some hotel staff spoke English, I had to make do as best I could on the street. The same was true of Paris and Munich and Berlin. Staff in the Tivoli Gardens restaurants spoke English. I got along fine in London and Brigton

That's all good, but what does that have to do with me suggesting to Sandy that being upset that signs are written in languages other than English might be a bit intolerant of others?

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by noonereal

That's all good, but what does that have to do with me suggesting to Sandy that being upset that signs are written in languages other than English might be a bit intolerant of others?

I don't believe that other peoples not displaying English signs is being intolerant even though it has replaced French as a common language. I recall attending a meeting in Amsterdam where we were all speaking English. I left at noon but I heard later from one of the others in attendance that they kept speaking English until the 3:00 PM break that I was gone and the could have reverted to Dutch after lunch.

Having to display and handle multiple languages is an expense, comong from Canada I know this. It is even worse in Switzerland with three languages to cope with. Nothing to do with intolerance.