Uh, what?

[bjarvis]

My confused little world has transitioned from English to Spanish without warning me in advance.

I was driving to work, listening to NPR per usual. The radio spontaneously changed stations to a Spanish-language station.

I was going to scan some documents into a PDF file; the photocopier control panel was displaying instructions in Spanish. I could have changed the default back to English, but the words and symbols were clear enough that I got my job done without difficulty.

Sitting at my desk, the telephone rang: it was a telemarketing recorded message, all in Spanish.

All before 9:30 AM.

I have no issues with using languages other than English --I can switch to French or ASL-- but I work in an environment where dialects of Hindi or Farsi are vastly more common than Spanish. In a way, it's kind of nice to have the novelty of having Spanish insert itself into the mix, even if it's just random chance.

Comments

[dendren.livejournal.com]

Lo siento que todo su inglés gira a español.

tenga un gran día!

Can you hear me now?

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

I got a call from an ASL telemarketer the other day. That accent is the worst!

Re: Can you hear me now?

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

That's TRULY a ROFLMAO post!

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Pienso que Dendren me batió a él, pero fuera de oeste aquí, la mayoría del todo está en español e inglés. ¡Usted no puede caminar un bloque sin español de la audiencia, y usted no puede ir CIERTAMENTE a un Walmart sin la audiencia él!