I wasn't aware Chinese was an official language
why do you say that? Richmond hasn't imposed a language law. Just because 1000 people out of a population of over 200k are whining doesn't mean Richmond will.
I wasn't aware Chinese was an official language
What do you call it for Emergency Service people who'd have to translate to know if they're at the right place?True enough.
Neither were English or French until they were.
Also, should an official language not suggest a language for official purposes? I hardly call grocery shopping or eating at a restaurant to be 'official'.
True enough.
There are, as Starchuk indicates, neighbourhoods and blocks of commercial districts with Chinese-only si
What do you call it for Emergency Service people who'd have to translate to know if they're at the right place?
So, this was just another of your troll threads then. Glad to know.
Never been on the job, eh? It's not the most visible thing - even in English - but Frank's Meats looks like Frank's Meats. What does Yuck Foo Chinese Eatery look like? Not everyone who calls 911 knows the address - especially in a second storey establishmentThat's the number on the door and the street name, not the shop sign.
I think the 1000 have a point. Why should signs be only in Chinese in an English speaking country.
I can see multi-language but why just in Chinese even if over half the population is Chinese how do they even decide upon which Chinese language to place upon the sign.
It's dangerous.
Never been on the job, eh? It's not the most visible thing - even in English - but Frank's Meats looks like Frank's Meats. What does Yuck Foo Chinese Eatery look like? Not everyone who calls 911 knows the address - especially in a second storey establishment
check out how this article ends: But do we really want to see 'language police' in other parts of Canada?
Then I guess I do because I don't want to see signs in every language known to man just according to who lives in the area. Keep them consistent. I don't mind if they have signs up common to the neighbourhood but they should be in English too.
I have to say there should be mandatory English signage. It is the same thing around Scott Rd on the Surrey/Delta border, all the signs are in Hindi with no English present.
Quite frankly I could care less what language a sign is in chances are many of the
shops that don't speak English will not get my business anyway. Not because I
would boycott them, but because if I can't get service in English I would be able to
communicate with them.
80% of Canadians don't know English? Really! 8O No you pulled that out of the air.... According to the 2011 census, English and French are the mother tongues of 56.9% and 21.3% of Canadians respectively.Statistically, not even 80% of Canadians know English. Most don't know it in Quebec. About 15% don't know it in Nunavut.
Our official languages are French and English. If you are not willing to learn either official language why even move to Canada?: Under the Canadian Constitution, the federal government has both English and French as its official languages in respect of all government services, including the courts, and all federal legislation is enacted bilingually. New Brunswick is the only Canadian province that has both English and French as its official languages to the same extent, with constitutional entrenchment.So who defines the country's language?
yet our official languages are English and French so I guess there needs to be some adjusting done.I guess it's in Chinese only for the same reason so many signs are in English only; the owner did not feel a comercial need to include any other language.
This is the country they have chosen as their new home. If I were moving to Brazil I would be damn certain that I was working on learning to speak, read and write Portuguese. Wouldn't you, or do they have to adjust to me?Then we could also argue it the other way: what about the Chinese who can't read the English-language sign?
Our official languages are French and English. If you are not willing to learn either official language why even move to Canada?: Under the Canadian Constitution, the federal government has both English and French as its official languages in respect of all government services, including the courts, and all federal legislation is enacted bilingually. New Brunswick is the only Canadian province that has both English and French as its official languages to the same extent, with constitutional entrenchment.Why?.
Most likely do speak English and often they have product that your regular grocery stores do not stock.Quite frankly I could care less what language a sign is in chances are many of the
shops that don't speak English will not get my business anyway. Not because I
would boycott them, but because if I can't get service in English I would be able to
communicate with them.
yeah don't shop there gerry because they don't speak ENGLISH... oh the irony is sweet.exactly, but it appears there will always be those bigoted dipshytes that would prefer to impose their own bigoted will upon others.
Our official languages are French and English. If you are not willing to learn either official language why even move to Canada?: Under the Canadian Constitution, the federal government has both English and French as its official languages in respect of all government services, including the courts, and all federal legislation is enacted bilingually. New Brunswick is the only Canadian province that has both English and French as its official languages to the same extent, with constitutional entrenchment.
Any comments?
yet our official languages are English and French so I guess there needs to be some adjusting done.
This is the country they have chosen as their new home. If I were moving to Brazil I would be damn certain that I was working on learning to speak, read and write Portuguese. Wouldn't you, or do they have to adjust to me?
Are you studying Chinese? or if you move, you will have to study Italian or wait maybe Arabic, or hm, this area speaks Spanish.. how is that going to work? Explain please.
Our official languages are French and English. If you are not willing to learn either official language why even move to Canada?: Under the Canadian Constitution, the federal government has both English and French as its official languages in respect of all government services, including the courts, and all federal legislation is enacted bilingually. New Brunswick is the only Canadian province that has both English and French as its official languages to the same extent, with constitutional entrenchment.
Most likely do speak English and often they have product that your regular grocery stores do not stock.
yeah don't shop there gerry because they don't speak ENGLISH... oh the irony is sweet.