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Posted: 5/12/2008 8:09:27 AM EDT

This morning I went to the local county office to get my wife's license plate (translation for ILL "Lyzinpl8") renewal. Ahead of me were about 5 people, 4 of which appeared to be hispanic.

The first one approaches the clerk and speaks to her in Spanish. The clerk asks if she could speak English, the customer speaks in Spanish again but louder. The clerk then stands up and addresses the line, "I can only do transactions in English. If you only speak Spanish please have a seat and the clerk which speaks Spanish will be in about 1pm."

Everyone speaks English now.

mm

Posted: 5/12/2008 11:10:58 AM EDT

[#1]

She didn't say, "Talking louder still doesn't mean I can decipher Spanish!"

Posted: 5/12/2008 11:31:37 AM EDT

[#2]

When I'm overseas, I refer to my loud voice as the "universal translator." It rarely works.

R.

Posted: 5/12/2008 11:32:23 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
She didn't say, "Talking louder still doesn't mean I can decipher Spanish!"

+1. Good to see idiocy works both ways.

I love to [jokingly] tell people that "If you can't speak Spanish, the next best thing is to speak Spanish really loud and really slow."

Posted: 5/12/2008 11:35:45 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
When I'm overseas, I refer to my loud voice as the "universal translator." It rarely works.

R.

You need to wave your arms more.

Posted: 5/12/2008 11:41:46 AM EDT

[#5]

I guess, 'When in Rome, do what the Romans do.' is no longer applied?

Posted: 5/12/2008 12:08:19 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
She didn't say, "Talking louder still doesn't mean I can decipher Spanish!"

Nope....but after the clerk made her announcement, everyone was suddenly able to speak English.

mm

Posted: 5/12/2008 12:16:59 PM EDT

[#7]

That is awesome. I hope we as a state (the rest of the country is screwed) start standing up for our rights first and foremost.

Check this out for how other countries handle "invasions".
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7396868.stm

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