Now what happens when you do not speak any of these languages, I only know
how to speak "Virginian" or "Southern". "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
To: jonmac <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
Cc: Triumphs List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 6:18 PM
Subject: Imperial vs Metric
>
> Message text written by "jonmac"
> >I was amused recently to read a post on the Jaguar
> list from someone who moaned ad nauseam that he found an
> unattended gas station in a remote part of Sweden which was
> open 24/7 and only accepted banknotes or a CC to dispense
> the fuel required. His 'beef' was that the instructions
> weren't in English. When I politely pointed out that English
> isn't normally spoken on an everyday basis by every
> self-respecting Swede in his/her own country, I got flamed
> that the gas station should have thought that one day
> someone might turn up who couldn't speak Swedish. A fair
> point I suppose, though I doubt too many people who live in
> Sweden have that problem. So, for the sake of mono-language
> citizens, be advised that the European Parliament is now
> taking steps for all 24/7 gas stations throughout Europe to
> display operating instructions on their pumps in English,
> French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, German, Dutch,
> Finn, Swedish (with Norway and Denmark variations) Gaelic
> and Serbo-Croat. To accommodate visitors who turn up late at
> night from distant lands (either visiting or resident)
> serious consideration is now being given to include a
> supplement tied to the delivery nozzle in various versions
> of Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese and however many
> variations exist of Chinese. We'll see how they cope with
> all that before going Cyrillic and adopting all the
> languages in Africa as well.
>
> Jonmac
> <
>
> Why don't they jsut post them in Klingon and let everyone translate from
> there?
>
> Dave
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