Comment on Speak American
epicstove@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
When I was visiting Paris, a tour bus we got on had a audio guide, the languages were all labeled with national flags.
English -> UK flag French -> flag of France Spanish -> Flag of Spain Portuguese -> Flag of Brazil
Even in Europe Portugal plays second fiddle for it’s own language
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Brazil became such a cultural powerhouse, almost anyone in the world would recognize its flag. So it makes sense. But it’s funny because only Portuguese speakers would need to recognize the flag on that tour.
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Yes, but the guys who made the guide (I mean the developers who assigned each audio track a flag, not the ones recording the audio) might not. I guess that might not even been developed in France and nobody cared enough to fix the bug.
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I wouldn’t call it a “bug”
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Me neither, just lacking a better word.