[Foundation-l] currency POV

[Fleischer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge at telus.net>
To: "Robin Shannon" <robin.shannon at gmail.com>; "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing 
List" <foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] currency POV


>I was being perfectly literal.  Of course now there are some malls that 
>cater to Canadian business, and the merchants in those malls would fall in 
>line with the mall's policy.  Apart from that, and a few others who are a 
>little more knowledgeable, rather than informing themselves of exchange 
>rates they tend to look at Canadian currency as some kind of multicoloured 
>play money.  Canadians quickly adapt and don't bother trying to use 
>Canadian currency there.
>
> To say that ALL Canadian merchants accept US currency would be a little 
> absolute.  One can always find exceptions to a rule.  It should come as no 
> surprise that a British study a few years ago about jokes determined that 
> the most popular joke topic among Canadians was Americans. :-)
>
> Of course too, New Zealander comments about Australians aren't always 
> kindly. ;-)
>
> Ec
>
> Robin Shannon wrote:
>
>>At the risk of flaming race riots, this intrigues me. What do you mean
>>they are confused by canadian $s. As in they do not know the exchange
>>rate? And do all canadian merchants accept US$, or all merchants near
>>the border? Either way that seems very strange (then again as an
>>Australian land borders seem very strange)
>>
>>if this is getting too offtopic, then you can reply to me personaly.
>>
>>paz y amor,
>>-[[User:The bellman]]
>>
>>On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:36:45 -0800, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>>It's not a matter of NPOV at all.  It's a matter of avoiding
>>>ambiguities.  Canadians are far more experienced at recognizing which $
>>>is intended by the context than people in the US who get very confused
>>>when any curency than their own is mentioned.  It's quite common for US
>>>merchants, even ones near the border, to refuse Canadian currency
>>>because they don't understand it.  A Canadian merchant will except the
>>>US currency, and have some idea about what to do with exchange rates.
>>>
>>>This leaves Canadians bemused, and contributes much to putting our
>>>streotypes about confused Americans on a solid footing.
>>>
>>>Ec
>>>
>>
>>
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