Companies that use Spanish on their products and/or adverts. :)
Convince me that these outfits aren't enabling both legal and illegal immigrants in resisting assimilation. Really pisses me off!
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April 13, 2018, 07:50 PM
.38supersig
Small guess that you may not enjoy California and/or Florida much?
April 13, 2018, 07:52 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Is the Language of the Sioux not on every label?
April 13, 2018, 07:58 PM
BBMW
If it comes down to standing on principle vs making money, especially if the principles in question are far from universally shared, what do you think most companies would do?
April 13, 2018, 10:45 PM
V-Tail
When I was working in Spain I made sure to take a dictionary with me when I went shopping.
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April 13, 2018, 10:49 PM
sigmonkey
quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: Is the Language of the Sioux not on every label?
Huh?
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
April 13, 2018, 11:08 PM
mcrimm
We lived a year in Central Mexico. You won’t find much English there unless your in a tourist restaurant.
I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham
April 14, 2018, 02:33 AM
Rey HRH
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: Is the Language of the Sioux not on every label?
Huh?
Not huh. How!
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
April 14, 2018, 02:35 AM
Rey HRH
The companies are only concerned with enabling the flow of money going to them.
I'm used to getting products with at least 10 languages in the manual.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
April 14, 2018, 08:08 AM
Graniteguy
quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH: The companies are only concerned with enabling the flow of money going to them.
I'm used to getting products with at least 10 languages in the manual.
Probably because they sell and ship their products internationally and don't want to have seperate packaging for every region.
April 14, 2018, 08:16 AM
RogueJSK
Yeah, and all those goods with French on the label are just catering to the illegal Canuckistan immigrants.
quote:
Originally posted by Graniteguy: Probably because they sell and ship their products internationally and don't want to have seperate packaging for every region.
Bingo.
April 14, 2018, 08:35 AM
V-Tail
quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: Is the Language of the Sioux not on every label?
Huh?
Not huh. How!
Scrambled (one-word punchline to a joke that my uncle told me back around 1950).
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April 14, 2018, 09:44 AM
sigmonkey
"Huh" is "Yes" in Lakota.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
April 14, 2018, 10:27 AM
henryaz
We get quite a few products here that have English and French as the two languages on them. I guess it's stuff grown in Canada. Blueberries and always English/French. But you can almost learn Spanish by making a trip to the grocery and noting what word corresponds to what product, or what instructions on the package correspond.
April 14, 2018, 11:50 AM
sigcrazy7
Why bother? Are those people entering illegally literate in any language? It’s not like Mexico’s valedictorians are crossing in the dead of night.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus
April 14, 2018, 06:14 PM
bald1
quote:
Originally posted by Graniteguy: Probably because they sell and ship their products internationally and don't want to have separate packaging for every region.
Appreciate this. Did some checking about several of the products I continue to run into that have prominent Spanish with smaller English wording and found them to be listed among manufacturers' international offerings on their web sites. Still seems so odd in the middle of "flyover country."
And FWIW the Sioux language is dying out although there is a concerted effort around here to teach the young Native children to keep it alive. There are several TV/Radio public information spots (e.g. suicide prevention, etc.) that utilize spoken Lahcotah.
And as for labels, Reservation company products like Wooden Knife Co's Indian Fry Bread Mix (great stuff) is only in all English, no Español. https://www.woodenknife.com/
Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192
April 15, 2018, 09:25 AM
Eponym
I thought "Yo quiero Taco Bell!", circa 1993, was bad enough.
April 15, 2018, 04:02 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Bring back the Frito Bandito! I can relate to that.
