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Old August 23rd, 2006, 07:38 PM posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.usa-canada
B Vaughan
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Default Bilingual in Europe versus USA

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:48:06 -0700, Hatunen wrote:

He's not whining about bilingualism, he's whining about signs
that literally say "Bilingual". They seem to confuse him.


No, he's complaining that bilingual in the US always means
English/Spanish while in Europe the two languages have to be
specified. In fact, neither statement is true, as many others have
pointed out.
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