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    Thursday, April 21


    Because of the nature of where I live (not near a Safeway or a Save-On Foods) I go to T&T Supermarket in West Edmonton Mall a lot. It is an Asian foodstore, which is largely fine with me. A bit too much live Tilapia and not quite enough cookies, but otherwise a decent store.

    They do announcements often, first in what I would suggest is Mandarin or Cantonese (but really, how would I know) and then in English. The thing that strikes me though, is whether my language is vastly more efficient or if the other language just is long. Or perhaps I am missing something, like the secret sale on Tilapia.

    The Mandarin goes on for about a minute and a half. Long, and full of vigour. What ever the T&T guy is describing, it is exciting. Then the T&T woman comes on to tell me what I missed. "Thank you for shopping at T&T. Enjoy your day!" she says in her halting English. Hmm... suspicious.
     posted by Duncan @ 7:12 AM  

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