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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 09:28 AM Original message |
Fastfood registers have little picture of fries, malts, burgers for yrs. Because the reading ability |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, that's a good point. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not necessarily. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It may also be faster visually than text.... |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. LOL. Sinbad had a joke about this years ago. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. Around here many of them don't speak English very well |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Reading English will not help you in most parts of the world. There are hundreds of languages in |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Inability to speak English constitutes a serious economic handicap in most of the USA |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. True, but IMO it is a short term advantage. n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's been working in my favor for almost 50 years |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Try to buy real estate in China Town, San Francisco or in areas Michigan where farsi is required. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I have no interest in living in either of those places |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. didn't have trouble buying here in English |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. The emerging global language is colloquially known as "Chinglish". |
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enfield collector (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. something should be done to make the voting process more |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Maybe a voice print but this is no different than registering now. They need to know who and where |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. In most "Fast Food" restaurants, I just wish they'd let *ME* enter *MY* order. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. They used to have places like that in NYC in the 40's and 50's, called the automat. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Thanks -- I actually remember one or two! |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. hmmm |
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