On 1/28/2022 12:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:39:19 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote:
And thanks for that! I still remember maybe 35 years ago I was walking
out of work late in the day, and two co-workers were outside speaking
Mandarin. When they saw me they immediately switched to English, which
surprised me. All I can guess is they were being considerate in case I
wanted to join the conversation. Pretty nice of them.
Would you begrudge them the complementary courtesy of allowing them to
use their chosen language on their desktop computers?
Of course not, just like women don't force me to open the door for them.
But I still do.
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