UK Census form available in 55+ languages!

And don’t forget, it’s not just the Census forms, just think of Hospitals, Doctors surgeries, dentists, in fact the list is endless, and they ALL have to be catered for.In fact the only things I can think of that are not in dozens of different languages are our local Chinese, Indian and other foreign takeaways, which it would appear some time ago in one of the National broadsheets to be the most highly saturated town in England re foreign takeaways, and restaurants.But the menues are in English only!!.

Lincoln .7

i’ll never forget sitting in council training about ten years ago

a council big wig insisted that our biggest immigrant section was italians

i fully remember sniggering and muttering LANGUAGE

it was later found out that many other nationalitys were giving their nationality as italian

but even all those groups combined could nowhere near compare with pakistanis

i often wonder where council officials live and if they actualy hang around in real british areas with real british people !!

as much as i agree with the ‘when in Rome…’ stuff, but did the Brits learn Hindi, Afrikans etc. when they went marching in for their afternoon tea and biscuits a fair few years ago? :rolleyes:

Just saying….. 😎

I would like to think we BRITS have come a long way since the days you refer to have long since been confined to the History books.We are, I would like to think more civilised to other countrymen.
And we cannot be all that bad, as I see your bunking down in Cardiff.

Lincoln .7 :rolleyes:

I was amazed to see that the census form is available in so many languages…..no wonder we have run out of money! Are any other countries like ours catering for so many languages?

And don’t forget, it’s not just the Census forms, just think of Hospitals, Doctors surgeries, dentists, in fact the list is endless, and they ALL have to be catered for.In fact the only things I can think of that are not in dozens of different languages are our local Chinese, Indian and other foreign takeaways, which it would appear some time ago in one of the National broadsheets to be the most highly saturated town in England re foreign takeaways, and restaurants.But the menues are in English only!!.

Lincoln .7

99% of the people i know have thrown the senseless in the bin

the people who live here legaly have more than enough usefull information about them on government files anyway

the ones they want to find out about will not fill it in anyway

and with governments fully admitting they have lost rack of immigration

can they realy be trusted with any form of population counting !!

as much as i agree with the ‘when in Rome…’ stuff, but did the Brits learn Hindi, Afrikans etc. when they went marching in for their afternoon tea and biscuits a fair few years ago? :rolleyes:

Just saying….. 😎

Ludicrous. Everyone who wants to live here should learn the language.:(

With all the different Nationalities living here, exactly who should be learning whoes language Pete.?.:confused:

Lincoln .7

Ludicrous. Everyone who wants to live here should learn the language.:(

Altogether now…………………………..WHEN IN ROME, etc and for the umpteenth time PLEASE KEEP IN TUNE!!

Lincoln. 7

:diablo:

I agree, and this is what 99% of the people in the UK say…but no politician listens….I wish we were like the Aussies! (Sometimes)

Ludicrous. Everyone who wants to live here should learn the language.:(

I was amazed to see that the census form is available in so many languages…..no wonder we have run out of money! Are any other countries like ours catering for so many languages?

I doub’t it very much at £500.000.000 a throw!!

Lincoln .7