Multilinguilism run amok

cirquelover · 05-19-2005, 12:48 PM

They just replaced the teller machine at my bank and it is now in English, Spanish, Chinese and Russian(maybe). I live in a tiny town in Oregon and wonder if anyone in this town even speaks Chinese or Russian!! It must just be that the new machines have to be bilingual.

Thankfully in Canada most everything was in both languages except the menu my husband was reading. He says "Look honey, they have a souffle here in the Cirque tent!" I tried not to laugh as I explained that maise souffle is just popcorn!!!

05-19-2005, 12:48 PM	#4
cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	They just replaced the teller machine at my bank and it is now in English, Spanish, Chinese and Russian(maybe). I live in a tiny town in Oregon and wonder if anyone in this town even speaks Chinese or Russian!! It must just be that the new machines have to be bilingual. Thankfully in Canada most everything was in both languages except the menu my husband was reading. He says "Look honey, they have a souffle here in the Cirque tent!" I tried not to laugh as I explained that maise souffle is just popcorn!!!
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