Last week I stood behind a lady in the checkout queue at the local supermarket, whose shopping trolley was filled to the top.

As I waited for her to unload and pay for her massive shop, I overheard her chatting, and discovered she’d just returned from holiday.   I didn’t catch where she’d been, but it was obviously somewhere warm, because she had a great tan.

The checkout lady asked  if she’d had a nice time, to which the shopper replied, “Yeah, it was alright, but we couldn’t get any “proper food”.  No-one spoke English and we didn’t understand the language”.

I didn’t say anything, obviously, because I wasn’t involved in the conversation, but the thought did cross my mind this lady obviously hadn’t done a lot of research before jumping on the ‘plane.

Surely, if food and language are an issue, then your holiday destination should reflect that, don’t you think?

It’s a common trait of English speaking nations to assume the rest of the world speaks the same language, but of course they don’t.   It’s a bit arrogant really.

It’s also restricting, and can make certain products difficult to sell or use, especially if all the instructions are given or written in what is effectively a foreign language.

So, I was really pleased to learn GVO, the incredible hosting company I’m with is soon making its tools available in FIVE languages.  These are German, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, and of course English.

Isn’t that a brilliant idea?

Wonder, if the lady at the supermarket would be interested?

Jean

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