ok... so for all you pro-english speakers out there :
hola mike76, como va la cosa? te enteraste que el madrid gano la liga?
so... one of two things will have happened to you
1. you either switched off completely, because you don't understand, and won't read the rest of this post, or...
2. you are suddenly offended because i'm speaking to a countryman in our language, about something nothing to do with safety, aviation, or our work environment, (for the record, i don't know mike76 at all) but because you've heard/read some familiar words (e.g. madrid) have come over all suspicious about what we might be saying...
respect for my colleagues is one thing, and i will avoid speaking spanish german or italian if everyone INVOLVED in the conversation didn't speak it, but if in a public area, in a conversation intended for only spanish speakers, and again, not related to work, i will speak whatever language i damn well please!!! or am i not allowed to use sign language or esperanto now??? bureaucratic busybodies....
