Canadians Get Credit...

I was giving some guy directions to the main bus station the other day in Hebrew.

תראה את המלון? לא, איזה מלון? המלון שמה! איזה בנין זה מלון? הבנין שכתוב אליו מלון!!! לא רואה.... איפו הוא? ממש שמה הבנין ההוא! אה, ואיפו נכתב מלון? או! סליחה זה רק נכתב באנגלית. לא שמתי לב. התחנה מרכזית ליד המלון. תודה! י

(quick translation: See the hotel? No, What hotel? That hotel there! What building is a hotel? The building that says "hotel" on it!!! No, I don't see, where is it? Right there, it's that building! Oh, where is it wrtten? OH! Sorry, it's only wrtten in English, I had never noticed before. the bus station is next to the hotel. Thanx!

Now don't get me wrong, I'm no Candian lover...but somthing must be said for their fight to have French on all their buildings and signs. It's pretty much a law there. If you're going to have words they must be in French too! How come Israelis aren't bothered by the fact that 1/2 their country is in English? Granted all official government signs are in 3 languages, Hebrew, Arabic and English. But how can they stand the English only signs on businesses? I think English only Sign Posters should be fined until they also put Hebrew on their signs. There is no reason that a native Israeli shouldn't know that the building he is standing next to is a hotel because he doesn't read a foreign language.