Just ran across (hat tip to Jess) a Facebook group called "You're in England ... so speak whatever language you choose!"It's worth reprinting part of their group's page:
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"Some things to ponder:
* It's nice to hear people talking in their own tongue.
* Immigrants and 'ethnics' and asylum seekers are people too! Just like me and you!
* It's nice to know that as a developed and friendly nation we can give a home to those wanting to improve the lives of themselves and their children.
* Immigration is actually good for the UK, and give it time they'll all be speaking English.
* If you hear somebody speaking a foreign language on a bus, and it makes you angry, that's your problem, and you need to be asking yourself why that is so!
* Try not to look at things with a 'us v them' mentality, you'll much happier for it."
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"If you hear somebody speaking a foreign language on a bus, and it makes you angry, that's your problem, and you need to be asking yourself why that is so!"
The reason it is so, is because our brains have evolved to be more adept at masking out familiar sounds, than unfamiliar sounds.
We are automatically geared to listen out for the unfamiliar, it's a survival thing, and it's bloody annoying when you can't turn it off.
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