Years ago, if I were entering an elevator for instance, and there were people involved in a conversation for whom English was not their native tongue, they would nevertheless switch to English when I entered out of respect for me perhaps as a member of the host country and when I left, and only after I left, switch back to their native tongue. Nowadays, if I go to the counter at a store in a heavily ethnic part of town, I am likely to be addressed in their native language rather than English. When did this change? When did it stop being polite and/or when did people stop caring? The question isn't rhetorical, I really am curious... it seemed like I woke up one day and it was different.
2006-07-15
08:50:38
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