Dear Editor,
Re: “Chinese menus should have English,” Letters, July 31.
While I disagree with Ingrid Mo’s specific assertion that Chinese menus should have English (I believe inside a privately-owned business, an owner has freedom of speech), I very much agree with her implying that English is the language of the street here, just as French is in Montreal.
If I were to emigrate to China, you can be sure I’d know enough Mandarin to get by and quickly learn as much more as I could to make my life there as comfortable and social as can be, given my choices/abilities.
It’s been said, by local Chinese, “I love it here in Richmond — no need to learn English to do everything I want.”
Yes, yes there is: It’s called respect (for yourself and for your new country).
George Pope
Richmond
