English writing on Foreign made razors?
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English is the lingua franca. Products made anywhere for consumption globally are labelled in English. I don't think there's a more interesting story than this...
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In supermarkets, I see many products that are labeled in both English and Spanish.
I find it disturbing when a language other than English is given FIRST ... for example, when I toured a nearby State College I was thinking of attending, there were signs up in Spanish, with no English translation.
Being bi-lingual is almost a requirement in order to get certain jobs. Lots of state and federal forms and applications are available in multiple languages, and some state agencies are required to provide a live translator upon request.
I don't know how long this trend will continue, but I would certainly like to see it curtailed. But I don't think its going to end any time soon.
I find it disturbing when a language other than English is given FIRST ... for example, when I toured a nearby State College I was thinking of attending, there were signs up in Spanish, with no English translation.
Being bi-lingual is almost a requirement in order to get certain jobs. Lots of state and federal forms and applications are available in multiple languages, and some state agencies are required to provide a live translator upon request.
I don't know how long this trend will continue, but I would certainly like to see it curtailed. But I don't think its going to end any time soon.
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Oh that's definitely not the case.
I'd be surprised to see a French sword that was a few hundred years old with the smith's mark and a "Made in France" next to it.
Loved that.
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I wasn't trying to start a political debate, in fact I probably agree with some of your sentiments.
All I'm saying is that I think it would be cooler if a German razor said something like "Hergestellt Germania".
I hear what you're saying. I have a razor that says "Made in Germany," too.
When Japan was becoming an industrialized nation after WW2, they named one of their factory towns "USA" for the sole reason that they could stamp their products with "Made in USA"
In the store where I work, I came across one box (containing R-134 cans for automotive air-conditioners) that said "Made in USA, China, Germany. Assembled in Mexico." We still haven't figured that one out.
That's easy: the CH2 is from the US, the F comes from China, and the CF3 from Germany. (CH2FCF3= R-134)
Only problem is that they dont refer to themselves as Germany. But I do agree that it should be in the native language
In supermarkets, I see many products that are labeled in both English and Spanish.
I find it disturbing when a language other than English is given FIRST ... for example, when I toured a nearby State College I was thinking of attending, there were signs up in Spanish, with no English translation.
Being bi-lingual is almost a requirement in order to get certain jobs. Lots of state and federal forms and applications are available in multiple languages, and some state agencies are required to provide a live translator upon request.
I don't know how long this trend will continue, but I would certainly like to see it curtailed. But I don't think its going to end any time soon.
While I am personally a believer in the US being organic and ever changing since its inception.... Sadly I feel this "trend" will continue until spanish replaces english in the US and world...... then eventually chinese after that. 150-170 years ago it was French or German.
Michael
Not at all true. Usa, Japan is an ancient city on one of the small Japanese islands. I first heard about this rumor back in college when a girl had mentioned the Made in USA thing upsetting another student who had been born in or near Usa Japan and knew it was a crock.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp
Michael
Hehe
I send e-mail to folks from the States all day long, and it always saddens me to have to swap my "grey" for "gray", "colour" for "color", etc. I'm not trying to start an "English vs American" troll war here, but I happen to love my home language, and enjoy promoting it whenever the opportunity arises (I'm sure the Canadians, Aussies, and Indians will back me up here?). I'm sure people in other countries feel the same, so it's a pity that they usually don't label their products more prominently with their own languages
PS the term "lingua franca" is perfectly correctalthough I can see the irony
). I'm sure people in other countries feel the same, so it's a pity that they usually don't label their products more prominently with their own languages
PS the term "lingua franca" is perfectly correctalthough I can see the irony
Hehe… I send e-mail to folks from the States all day long, and it always saddens me to have to swap my "grey" for "gray", "colour" for "color", etc. I'm not trying to start an "English vs American" troll war here, but I happen to love my home language, and enjoy promoting it whenever the opportunity arises (I'm sure the Canadians, Aussies, and Indians will back me up here?
PS the term "lingua franca" is perfectly correct—although I can see the irony
Well if the dang English would learn English, we would be all good
Why do you change your emails? Do people have a problem when you spell something using proper English vs American English?Michael
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Thanks for the information. I stand corrected.
Nah, it won't be Spanish that kills English in the USA... it'll be that abomination that is txt-spk
I've seen some of the IM logs from my niece and the VAST majority of it is 3-4 letter "words". That ****'s harder to read than 733t 5P34K
What's even worse is that they changed the rules last year to allow school reports to be handed in with that abomination. At least when they're told to make a 7-8 page report it'll take forever 3 letters at a time.
I've seen some of the IM logs from my niece and the VAST majority of it is 3-4 letter "words". That ****'s harder to read than 733t 5P34K
What's even worse is that they changed the rules last year to allow school reports to be handed in with that abomination. At least when they're told to make a 7-8 page report it'll take forever 3 letters at a time.
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