Comments on: It Pays to be Bilingual http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:19:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-463770 ted Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:47:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-463770 Same in Rome, where you can just tell they know you're a tourist, and will overcharge you for a sandwich. Same in Rome, where you can just tell they know you're a tourist, and will overcharge you for a sandwich.

]]> By: XuYu http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-462773 XuYu Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:08:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-462773 Do they give you the price based on the language you order in? Or the color of your skin? Works even better when the local language has it's own numbers: http://www.thailandvoice.com/content/view/89/44/ Do they give you the price based on the language you order in? Or the color of your skin?

Works even better when the local language has it's own numbers: http://www.thailandvoice.com/content/view/89/44/

]]> By: jojo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-462611 jojo Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:44:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-462611 JOJOJOJO PORFIN ALGUIEN NOS DEFIENDE JOJOJOJO

PORFIN ALGUIEN NOS DEFIENDE

]]> By: phoenix http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-462594 phoenix Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:27:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-462594 That's the best thing I've seen all day. :D That's the best thing I've seen all day. :D

]]> By: vanderleun http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-462346 vanderleun Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:13:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-462346 "Pay 1 to continue in English." "Pay 1 to continue in English."

]]> By: Malc http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-462332 Malc Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:02:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-462332 In Venice we heard about a three-tier pricing system in cafés and bars: Tourist, Italian-Speaking Tourist and a (virtually free) Venetian rate. In Venice we heard about a three-tier pricing system in cafés and bars: Tourist, Italian-Speaking Tourist and a (virtually free) Venetian rate.

]]> By: SW http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-462149 SW Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:04:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-462149 lighten up folks, it's funny. and if someone is dumb enough to fall for it, consider it a stupidity tax lighten up folks, it's funny. and if someone is dumb enough to fall for it, consider it a stupidity tax

]]> By: Lux http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461961 Lux Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:56:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461961 Good lord, I feel kind of embarrassed of my countrymen. Good lord, I feel kind of embarrassed of my countrymen.

]]> By: Charlie Y. Ellis http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461713 Charlie Y. Ellis Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:19:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461713 I saw a few of those at the street market in San Telmo, Buenos Aires, and at first I thought it was an instance of street vendors unabashedly charging the tourists higher prices. It turns out, however, that it was four pesos for a regular orange juice, and five for a large. The positioning of the prices is incidental. A wider shot of the cart would reveal two stacks of cups of different sizes. I saw a few of those at the street market in San Telmo, Buenos Aires, and at first I thought it was an instance of street vendors unabashedly charging the tourists higher prices. It turns out, however, that it was four pesos for a regular orange juice, and five for a large. The positioning of the prices is incidental. A wider shot of the cart would reveal two stacks of cups of different sizes.

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461681 bean Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:26:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461681 Not to be a stick in the mud, but you don't have to be bilingual to know the difference between 4 and 5. Unless you're assuming that they're in two different currencies, and that's just over-thinking it. Not to be a stick in the mud, but you don't have to be bilingual to know the difference between 4 and 5. Unless you're assuming that they're in two different currencies, and that's just over-thinking it.

]]> By: Vako http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461593 Vako Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:05:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461593 Funny stuff but in reality, really Effed up. It reminds me of those signs people put up in their businesses such as "price subject to customer's attitude" and all that. As a business owner, I would not pull that crap on people. No need to use my business as a platform or bully-pulpit for my bitterness against the Human race. "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, including those not of our own tribe" might be more accurate to this post. But at least that Argentinian was honest... Funny stuff but in reality, really Effed up. It reminds me of those signs people put up in their businesses such as "price subject to customer's attitude" and all that. As a business owner, I would not pull that crap on people. No need to use my business as a platform or bully-pulpit for my bitterness against the Human race.

"We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, including those not of our own tribe" might be more accurate to this post. But at least that Argentinian was honest...

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461433 Adam Stanhope Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:55:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461433 This is one of the reasons I learned to speak/read/write in Thai. This is one of the reasons I learned to speak/read/write in Thai.

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461416 CheeseDuck Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:41:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461416 Hmm. Hmm.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461394 just a guy Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:15:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461394 it's certainly a more blantant example of the human habit of fleecing the outsiders. (tourists always pay more) it's certainly a more blantant example of the human habit of fleecing the outsiders. (tourists always pay more)

]]> By: biltmore http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-461354 biltmore Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:21:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/it-pays-to-be-bilingual/#comment-461354 Wow, that sucks. Haha! Wow, that sucks. Haha!

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