It is so interesting to walk the streets here. In addition to people everywhere, advertising also reflects their international appeal. There is U.S. advertising everywhere - just look at the Estee Lauder ad that is plastered all over their metro system. It is on the inside and outside of the train!
Advertising and instructions are translated in English and Chinese. The universal language is English....when all cultures meet, the common language is English. Everyone we meet works very hard at communicating with us. It is quite humbling. I can attest to the fact that my attempts at Chinese - Cantonese - are very inadequate!
Click this link to see other advertising...it is fun to see!! http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dhh9x6pz_122gtc6ssvj
1 comment:
I think we need a spoken universal language as well! Unfortunately, however this cannot be English for reasons of "linguistic imperialism"
However which one should it be? The British learn French, the Australians study Japanese, and the Americans prefer Spanish. Why not decide on a common language, taught worldwide, in all nations?
An interesting video can be seen at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670.
A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net
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