Iowa Aviation Weather...en Espanol

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:10:14 -0800, Matt Whiting wrote
(in article ):

C J Campbell wrote:

No, I'm in it for the money. I had my heart surgically removed 30 years ago
when I started being a landlord. Didn't need it anymore. I think having
signs
and other government services in Spanish is good for business, good for
trade, and good for freedom.

How about Chinese? Japanese? Korean? German? French? Hindu?


Yeah, of course, if there are enough speakers of those languages in the area
to make it economically worthwhile.

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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

C J Campbell wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:10:14 -0800, Matt Whiting wrote
(in article ):


C J Campbell wrote:


No, I'm in it for the money. I had my heart surgically removed 30 years ago
when I started being a landlord. Didn't need it anymore. I think having
signs
and other government services in Spanish is good for business, good for
trade, and good for freedom.

How about Chinese? Japanese? Korean? German? French? Hindu?



Yeah, of course, if there are enough speakers of those languages in the area
to make it economically worthwhile.


What is the economic advantage of offering weather reports in additional
languages? Who decide what constitutes "enough speakers?"

Matt

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:15:22 -0800, Matt Whiting wrote
(in article ):

C J Campbell wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:10:14 -0800, Matt Whiting wrote
(in article ):


C J Campbell wrote:


No, I'm in it for the money. I had my heart surgically removed 30 years
ago
when I started being a landlord. Didn't need it anymore. I think having
signs
and other government services in Spanish is good for business, good for
trade, and good for freedom.

How about Chinese? Japanese? Korean? German? French? Hindu?



Yeah, of course, if there are enough speakers of those languages in the
area
to make it economically worthwhile.


What is the economic advantage of offering weather reports in additional
languages? Who decide what constitutes "enough speakers?"


You know, that question could be asked of every single decision made by
government.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Exactly! So let's start right now, with this decision. We're behind in our
work.

You may remember my favorite government story. I think in Washington state
there was a regulation that for their mental health patients, a translator
had to be available for every patient for whom English was not their
language of choice. It came to the attention of the administration of the
mental hospitals that a number of their patients spoke Klingon. That's
right -- Klingon. It has a syntax and all the attributes of a language.
Soooo, Washington state started advertising for Klingon interpreters for
their mental hospitals. They didn't go so far as hiring one, and I'm not
really sure why.

What is the economic advantage of offering weather reports in additional
languages? Who decide what constitutes "enough speakers?"


You know, that question could be asked of every single decision made by
government.

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:45:55 -0800, LWG wrote
(in article ):

Exactly! So let's start right now, with this decision. We're behind in our
work.

You may remember my favorite government story. I think in Washington state
there was a regulation that for their mental health patients, a translator
had to be available for every patient for whom English was not their
language of choice. It came to the attention of the administration of the
mental hospitals that a number of their patients spoke Klingon. That's
right -- Klingon. It has a syntax and all the attributes of a language.
Soooo, Washington state started advertising for Klingon interpreters for
their mental hospitals. They didn't go so far as hiring one, and I'm not
really sure why.

An urban legend, see Snopes for that one.

What, before a sniper takes out some suicide bomber in Baghdad, you want to
put it up to a vote of 300 million people, with lots of time for debate?
Oops, he missed. Shall he fire again? Have another debate and take another
vote.

Just how far do you think the voters should micro-manage government?



What is the economic advantage of offering weather reports in additional
languages? Who decide what constitutes "enough speakers?"


You know, that question could be asked of every single decision made by
government.





--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor