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In response to "I wonder how often they need French. And I thought Montrealers generally spoke English, even if they refeuse to. -- nm" by third stormtrooper on the right or left depending

It's Las Vegas. I'm sure they see almost every language on the globe. Although mostly the Asian languages. -- nm

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Dec 20 '15, 22:45

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but we never see 5-12 all coming into trauma at once who speak only French. the hospital probably had 2 or 3 who could translate, but this was a lot -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 20, 22:58 2
- They should have access to a phone service. You can't just pull people off the street to translate, HIPAA and other stuff. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 20, 23:01 1
  - they may prefer to have someone in person, and they may need someone who speaks Quebecois French. -- nm - third stormtrooper on the right or left depending Dec 20, 23:16
Brain fart, I was thinking it was in LA. Still, I thought most French-Canadians were bilingual. -- nm - third stormtrooper on the right or left depending Dec 20, 22:52 3
- it depemds. Older people not as much. -- nm - Use the Force, loosi Dec 21, 04:22
- more than anglos, but probably not a majority. and there are varying levels of bilingual. -- nm - mafic Dec 20, 23:31
- Generally. But the hospital probable tries to accommodate the language they're most comfortable with. -- nm - Meg Dec 20, 22:55

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