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packman

(16,296 posts) Fri May 18, 2018, 11:22 AM May 2018

Another incident of speaking another language conflict

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Another incident of speaking another language conflict (Original Post) packman May 2018 OP

I rather suspect that's apocryphal. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #1

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. I rather suspect that's apocryphal.

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Fri May 18, 2018, 12:45 PM

May 2018

Although it's somewhat amusing.

Far too many Americans are world class monolinguals and are irrationally afraid of anyone who knows another language.

I live in New Mexico where I routinely hear Spanish anytime I go to a store or restaurant. What impresses me the most is how other people immediately know which language to use when waiting on someone new.

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