I like this man

[Old Greg]

What about customers whose language is British Sign Language? Or Irish Sign Language? Or Makaton?

Or customers who do not speak English but who are not immigrants - perhaps on a lovely holiday to this fair land?

I think we need to understand the entire critieria.

[Old Greg]

Either backward retards or as old as Methusaleh (sp?) - The last Welsh-only speakers probably died in the 1880s, and ditto for Gaelic, Cornish, Manx, etc (probably even earlier than that).

Not quite, according to wikipedia:

'Historically, large numbers of Welsh people spoke only Welsh, but monoglot Welsh speakers are now virtually non-existent, at least above school age. Almost without exception, Welsh speakers in Wales also speak English (or Spanish in Chubut Province, Argentina, see Welsh settlement in Argentina).'

[Pickle2]

Dont forget them from the Pitcairn Islands. They speak funny too, we should revoke their britishness!

[PM-Junkie]

In looking at the non-DailyMail presentations of this story, it transpires that the guy is hacked off with people who live here, regularly use his shop, and refuse to learn the language.....resulting in big queues while he deals with them, and people waiting in said queues getting annoyed and leaving his shop.

Nothing to do with tourists, nothing to do with the welsh, nothing to do with people who use sign language, but everything to do with not losing customers because of the selfishness of a few.

Seems an entirely sensible move to me.

[sasguru]

I understand this man. His real aim was to ban Scousers as

1. They can't speak English
2. They are thieving gits.

I think the Daily Mail misunderstood as usual.

[Old Greg]

In looking at the non-DailyMail presentations of this story

Stop spoiling our fun.

[Mich the Tester]

If it’s his own business it’s up to him. Personally I think that if someone were to enter my (imaginary) shop carrying money and wanting to buy something, I couldn’t care less if he speaks Gobbledegookistani; he’s paying so I’ll sell him something.

[Pickle2]

In looking at the non-DailyMail presentations of this story, it transpires that the guy is hacked off with people who live here, regularly use his shop, and refuse to learn the language.....resulting in big queues while he deals with them, and people waiting in said queues getting annoyed and leaving his shop.

Nothing to do with tourists, nothing to do with the welsh, nothing to do with people who use sign language, but everything to do with not losing customers because of the selfishness of a few.

Seems an entirely sensible move to me.

Us Brits are funny arent we? We live all over the world as expats: middle east, south east asia, spain, france, south america, many without knowing a word of the lingo.

Live here on the same terms? Burn 'em!

[Old Greg]

If it’s his own business it’s up to him. Personally I think that if someone were to enter my (imaginary) shop carrying money and wanting to buy something, I couldn’t care less if he speaks Gobbledegookistani; he’s paying so I’ll sell him something.

Presumably, according to the logic of the free market, he could impose a flat rate or percentage surcharge on customers according to the costs associated with managing their barriers to communication. But I bet the political correctness Nazis would put a stop to it

[PM-Junkie]

Us Brits are funny arent we? We live all over the world as expats: middle east, south east asia, spain, france, south america, many without knowing a word of the lingo.

Live here on the same terms? Burn 'em!

...and if someone in one of those countries took the same position with a brit, it would be equally sensible, for the same reasons.