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why is only spanish & english listed as choices
Published May. 21, 2008
When I go to the ATM for money, or make a call to about any big business I deal with, why are the machines always giving me choices between English and Spanish?
Why not Swedish, French, German, Asian or African languages. In fact, even the State Employees Credit Union gives a choice. Don't all NC state employees speak English, even those who translate? My phone company always talks to me in Spanish first.
What does the population total have to be of those speaking another language for them to get their language on the machines we speak to?? The blind have a ear plug, but that is another deal, since it is a physical handicap.
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and in the old school conservative world, you're not with it unless you kiss some rich white hiney....
Now, that's fair, to say, bossman...
(I'm not offended at all, and mean no offense, just balancing up things from all dimensions.
I DO STRONGLY WANT one COMMON LANUAGE.
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May 21, 2008 9:31 p.m.
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May 21, 2008 8:58 p.m.
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May 21, 2008 8:46 p.m.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to die of a heart attack waitng in line behind a brother at the ATM.
Excellent post.
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May 21, 2008 8:39 p.m.
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May 21, 2008 8:03 p.m.
In the end, I finally decided that most people use Spanish for money. The banks and businesses stand to make a profit off the Spanish speaking people, so they do what it takes to get their money. Other languages are just not as profitable, so no one "cares" about them. As far as the my university newspaper, they're just desparately trying to appear progressively hip. It's trendy ya know. In the hip trendy liberal world, you're not "cool" unless you kiss latino and black hiney.
May 21, 2008 7:55 p.m.
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May 21, 2008 7:08 p.m.
Walk up ATM's are required to present Braille in order to comply with the ADA. Since it would be prohibitive to manufacture two versions of ATM machines (one with Braille and one without), it's easier and cheaper to just put it on all of them.
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May 21, 2008 7:01 p.m.
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May 21, 2008 6:51 p.m.
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