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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (7486)	4/6/2002 5:13:46 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

In all the g.w.n. there is french, as was promised to them long ago in the founding of this nation ... in British Columbia you can get a driver's licence in english french cantonese and punjabi, but not in spanish, not a high enough percentage of hispanos yet, you see .... however when my wife went to obtain her learner's permit shortly after entering the country and learning her first elementary bits of english ['piss me off' - she loved the sound of that, its gently teutonic hissy-fit aura of building empowerment, and still does], i was permitted under close supervision to interpret for her the fifty multiple choice questions, which are asked verbally ... it was a good thing i couldn't get away with helping with the answers, as i wasn't familiar with the Motor Vehicles' study book style, not having studied it, as she had That was near six years ago ... short time ago, she became a canadian citizen, final formal ceremony, a big deal ... on the way in the door she was enlisted by a girl guide of her acquaintance to help another participant with the nuance of a translation into english, handled it well and quickly, smiles all round ... this other person was not an hispana, but a chinese One of the mounties of the honour guard, scarlet dress uniform and wide brim stetson and all, was as black as the ace of spades .... it's just that kinda place, i guess No problema getting served in english in México, as long as you're in a place big enough or touristey enough to find english present ... same with german, french, japanese, whatever ... they'll go to considerable effort to find out what you want, pull somebody in off the street to translate if need be, i've been enlisted to do so ... it does behoove the visitor in this circumstance to avoid coming across like an arrogant jerkoff, of course I preach the learning of english to hispanos south of the Río Bravo, fwiw ... and preach the learning of at least a second language to all everywhere, better fluency in two minimum and useful amounts of others ... no one who has failed to venture outside the comfy little insular world of their Muttersprache can lay claim to having begun a full education, imho