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Multi-lingual signs ‘loony’


1/11/2004

WE in Rochdale are well used to loony toon ideas of Mohammed Salim expressed in crazy letters to Asian News and the Rochdale Observer .
In the Asian News (October) he carries on as usual, this time about the signs and directions around Rochdale Infirmary being in English only. In this town we have people that speak Urdu, Gujarati, Arabic, Bengali, Ukrainian etc, etc,etc. How big would Mr Salim like the signs to be?
May I inform Mr Salim that in Turin, Italy the signposts around hospitals and other public building are in Italian, yes Italian.
I have a sister who is 63-years-old, she moved to Turin four years ago. She now speaks and reads Italian quite good. My sister's efforts in learning Italian has introduced her to many, many Italians and enriched her life. That is the answer Mr Salim, not signposts 50ft by 50ft.

Peter Dennison, Rochdale


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