Re: [wolfrunners] Languages & SF/F (fwd)

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Padraic Brown wrote:

> Well, just to throw a positive spin on this sad state of affairs:
>
> While waiting for me luch at McDonald's today, the fellow in the
> next line ordered his sandwich (no mayo, lettuce only), which the
> Spanish speaking cashier proceeded to yell back to the sandwich
> makers in back. Rather than berate them for speaking Spanish at
> work, he took the time and interest to actually learn the Spanish
> words of mayo and lettuce (maiones and lechuga). Not content with
> just hearing what the cashier said; he repeated it until the cashier
> was satisfied that he had said it right. He had apparently learnt
> milk (leche) sometime before. Got a big smile from the cashier,
> anyway. There _IS_ hope!
<nod>  There's a chef at a dining hall here at Cornell who greets
everyone who comes to his stir-fry bar in their own language if he knows
it, which he usually does.  :-)  You're right--there is hope--just not
enough of it sometimes.

YHL