Posting " We Speak Foreign Languages" Sign !!!! (Mexican, legal, state)

[Steve Bagu]

Is it going to be a state of "Political Correctness" for all business to POST a Sign stateing " ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE"???? Stefhen

[macmeal]

Originally Posted by Steve Bagu

Is it going to be a state of "Political Correctness" for all business to POST a Sign stateing " ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE"???? Stefhen

I think it would work, EXCEPT for the divisive term "foreign".....it just sounds so off-putting and unfriendly. I wonder, too, if you could be sued by using the term "all"...unless you have staff on duty who really DO speak "ALL" the languages known to mankind, it might be a better idea to use the term "many"...or "a whole lotta"....rather than "all". I ALSO wonder if the sign ITSELF might not cause confusion, unless IT ALSO appears in multiple languages....and alphabets.

My recommendation would be to consult with the ACLU on this. They'll have the knowledge and the legal know-how to keep you 'good intentions' from sucking you into some protracted lawsuit. It's not easy to be "nice" nowadays...

[sassyone]

When I go to Mexico, I see almost everything posted in Spanish & English. In fact English is spoken almost always.
Sassy

[Exedous]

Originally Posted by sassyone

When I go to Mexico, I see almost everything posted in Spanish & English. In fact English is spoken almost always.
Sassy

English is spoken pretty much everywhere nowadays..

[londonbarcelona]

Originally Posted by sassyone

When I go to Mexico, I see almost everything posted in Spanish & English. In fact English is spoken almost always.
Sassy

I just returned from Rocky Point and that was not our experience. However, I did not expect anyone to know English to begin with!

[sassyone]

No one there spoke English? Did you like Rocky Point? We have not been there yet.
Sassy

[GuyPinestra]

LOTSA folks speak English in Rocky Point...

[madicarus2000]

Originally Posted by Steve Bagu

Is it going to be a state of "Political Correctness" for all business to POST a Sign stateing " ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE"???? Stefhen

How is a business accommodating its clients or potential clients considered “political correctness”?

Sounds more like a way to get clients in the door.

Discussion moved to P&OC.

[Tin Knocker]

Originally Posted by sassyone

When I go to Mexico, I see almost everything posted in Spanish & English. In fact English is spoken almost always.
Sassy

Then why the need to cater to Mexican immigrants by offering bilingual stuff here? Do they forget English once in an English speaking country?

[Tin Knocker]

Originally Posted by Steve Bagu

Is it going to be a state of "Political Correctness" for all business to POST a Sign stateing " ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE"???? Stefhen

Buisnesses can do as they please. PC is what gives us Spanish drivers tests & press one for English for Govt phone calls.