Beats America where we can’t even get English declared the National language, and the first thing that you hear on the phone is press 1 for English.
China probably sees how we are spiraling down into the swamp of multicultural devolution.
Good for them. At least they are proud of their culture...
You know...I think that's at the Urban Legend status.
I see it in print and hear it said as a joke...but I've never heard that when presented with a voice menu on the phone. It's always, "To continue in Spanish, press number one...Para continuar en Español, presione numero uno."
And I spend a lot of time on the phone for business.
I’m with you on this. There are mixed feelings, but at least they are trying to preserve the purity of their written language. I just don’t like the authoritarian angle.
Don’t most of us wish our gov’t would do the same sort of thing and declare English our prime and only language? This creeping dual languages in everything is insidious and the only way I have of fighting back is being selective. When I see a label (package of food, for example) in English and one with both English and Spanish, there is no doubt which one I will choose.
I must say I’m biased as I’ve studied the Chinese language and it is fascinating.