\u00deegar komi\u00f0 er inn \u00ed verslun e\u00f0a \u00e1 veitingasta\u00f0 og starfsf\u00f3lk \u00e1varpa\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00edslensku er svari\u00f0 i\u00f0ulega \u201eEnglish please\u201c. F\u00f3lk ver\u00f0ur oft pirra\u00f0 yfir \u00feessu og \u00fea\u00f0 er e\u00f0lilegt \u2013 \u00edslenska er opinbert m\u00e1l \u00e1 \u00cdslandi og vi\u00f0 eigum a\u00f0 geta v\u00e6nst \u00feess a\u00f0 geta nota\u00f0 hana vi\u00f0 kaup \u00e1 hvers kyns v\u00f6rum og \u00fej\u00f3nustu. En \u00ed sta\u00f0inn fyrir a\u00f0 taka pirringinn \u00fat \u00e1 starfsf\u00f3lkinu, e\u00f0a yppta \u00f6xlum og skipta yfir \u00ed ensku \u00e1n frekari umhugsunar, \u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 velta a\u00f0eins fyrir okkur hvers vegna \u00feetta er svona. Hvernig stendur \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00ed \u00fej\u00f3nustust\u00f6rfum getur ekki tala\u00f0 tungum\u00e1l landsins \u2013 og vir\u00f0ist stundum ekki sj\u00e1 neina \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0u til \u00feess? Hugsa\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e9r n\u00fa a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa s\u00e9rt \u00fatlendingur sem er kominn til \u00cdslands til a\u00f0 vinna. \u00de\u00fa veist l\u00edti\u00f0 um landi\u00f0 og ekkert um tungum\u00e1li\u00f0 sem \u00fear er tala\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 fyrsta sem m\u00e6tir \u00fe\u00e9r vi\u00f0 komuna til landsins eru skiltin \u00ed Leifsst\u00f6\u00f0 \u00fear sem enska er v\u00ed\u00f0ast hvar enn me\u00f0 st\u00e6rra letri \u00e1 undan \u00edslensku \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir \u00edtreku\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 um breytingar. Svo tekur\u00f0u flugr\u00fatuna til Reykjav\u00edkur \u00fear sem \u00fe\u00fa hefur b\u00f3ka\u00f0 gistingu \u00ed nokkrar n\u00e6tur \u00ed \u201eX Apartments\u201c stutt fr\u00e1 Hlemmi. \u00dear eru allar merkingar og uppl\u00fdsingar eing\u00f6ngu \u00e1 ensku. Daginn eftir r\u00f6ltir\u00f0u ni\u00f0ur Laugaveginn og heyrir heilmikla ensku og \u00f6nnur tungum\u00e1l sem \u00fe\u00fa kannast vi\u00f0 \u2013 og hugsanlega einhverja \u00edslensku en \u00fe\u00fa getur ekki vita\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa \u00feekkir ekki m\u00e1li\u00f0. En \u00e1 \u00feessari g\u00f6ngu s\u00e9r\u00f0u a\u00f0 n\u00e6r allar verslanir og veitingasta\u00f0ir heita enskum n\u00f6fnum, og n\u00e6r \u00f6ll skilti og merkingar eru \u00e1 ensku. Sama m\u00e1li gegnir um matse\u00f0la fyrir utan veitingasta\u00f0i.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00fa fer\u00f0 inn \u00e1 veitingasta\u00f0 \u00ed mi\u00f0borginni til a\u00f0 spyrjast fyrir um m\u00f6guleika \u00e1 vinnu. \u00de\u00e9r er sagt a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 vanti alltaf f\u00f3lk og spurt hvort \u00fe\u00fa getir byrja\u00f0 \u00e1 morgun. Samtali\u00f0 fer vitanlega fram \u00e1 ensku, og ekki er minnst \u00e1 kr\u00f6fur um \u00edslenskukunn\u00e1ttu. Enda hvarflar ekki anna\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e9r eftir \u00e1\u00f0urgreind kynni af \u00cdslandi en enska s\u00e9 opinbert tungum\u00e1l \u00ed landinu, e\u00f0a a.m.k. alls sta\u00f0ar gjaldgeng. \u00deess vegna veist \u00fe\u00fa ekki hva\u00f0an \u00e1 \u00feig stendur ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 \u00feegar vi\u00f0skiptavinur \u00e1varpar \u00feig \u00e1 m\u00e1li sem \u00fe\u00fa skilur ekki en giskar \u00e1 a\u00f0 hlj\u00f3ti a\u00f0 vera \u00edslenska. Kannski finnst \u00fe\u00e9r \u00feetta d\u00f3naskapur af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa vissir ekki betur en enska v\u00e6ri a\u00f0alsamskiptam\u00e1l landsins. Kannski segir\u00f0u \u00feess vegna \u00f3\u00fearflega hvatv\u00edslega \u201eEnglish please\u201c og pirrar vi\u00f0skiptavininn.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g er a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 me\u00f0 \u00feessu er a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er alls sta\u00f0ar veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 senda \u00feau skilabo\u00f0 a\u00f0 enska s\u00e9 fullgilt samskiptam\u00e1l \u00e1 \u00cdslandi og \u00fea\u00f0 hefur vitanlega leitt til \u00feess a\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum sem hinga\u00f0 koma finnst e\u00f0lilegt a\u00f0 nota hana en \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0ulaust a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra \u00edslensku. Eigendur og stj\u00f3rnendur fyrirt\u00e6kja bera \u00fearna mikla \u00e1byrg\u00f0 \u2013 \u00feeir senda \u00feessi skilabo\u00f0 me\u00f0 skiltum og merkingum, og \u00feeir hafa svikist um a\u00f0 gera kr\u00f6fur um \u00edslenskukunn\u00e1ttu til starfsf\u00f3lks s\u00edns. En \u00e1byrg\u00f0in er l\u00edka hj\u00e1 okkur, almennum m\u00e1lnotendum \u2013 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum l\u00e1ti\u00f0 \u00feetta vi\u00f0gangast, l\u00e1ti\u00f0 \u00feetta yfir okkur ganga \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 m\u00f3tm\u00e6la kr\u00f6ftuglega. Vi\u00f0 eigum au\u00f0vita\u00f0 ekki a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta bj\u00f3\u00f0a okkur \u00feetta. Vi\u00f0 eigum a\u00f0 krefjast \u00feess a\u00f0 geta nota\u00f0 \u00edslensku \u00e1 \u00f6llum svi\u00f0um.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er samt vitanlega ekki \u00feannig a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 getum skellt sl\u00edkri kr\u00f6fu \u00e1 fyrirvaralaust. \u00dea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 gefa f\u00f3lki a\u00f0l\u00f6gunart\u00edma til a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra \u00edslensku \u2013 anna\u00f0 er vitanlega \u00f3t\u00e6kt gagnvart f\u00f3lki sem hinga\u00f0 hefur komi\u00f0 og r\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 sig \u00ed vinnu \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 til \u00feess v\u00e6ru ger\u00f0ar nokkrar kr\u00f6fur um \u00edslenskukunn\u00e1ttu. Vi\u00f0 s\u00fapum sey\u00f0i\u00f0 af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hafa ekki veri\u00f0 b\u00fain undir straum innflytjenda \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu 10-15 \u00e1rum og hafa ekki m\u00f3ta\u00f0 neina stefnu \u00e1 \u00feessu svi\u00f0i heldur floti\u00f0 sofandi a\u00f0 feig\u00f0ar\u00f3si. En \u00e9g legg \u00e1herslu \u00e1 a\u00f0 krafan um \u00edslenskukunn\u00e1ttu starfsf\u00f3lks \u00e1 ekki a\u00f0 beinast a\u00f0 f\u00f3lkinu sj\u00e1lfu heldur a\u00f0 atvinnurekendum \u2013 \u00fea\u00f0 eru \u00feeir sem \u00feurfa a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 til \u00feess a\u00f0 starfsf\u00f3lk \u00feeirra hafi t\u00edma, a\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u og fj\u00e1rhagslegar forsendur til a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra m\u00e1li\u00f0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00deegar komi\u00f0 er inn \u00ed verslun e\u00f0a \u00e1 veitingasta\u00f0 og starfsf\u00f3lk \u00e1varpa\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00edslensku er svari\u00f0 i\u00f0ulega \u201eEnglish please\u201c. F\u00f3lk ver\u00f0ur oft pirra\u00f0 yfir \u00feessu og \u00fea\u00f0 er e\u00f0lilegt \u2013 \u00edslenska er opinbert m\u00e1l \u00e1 \u00cdslandi og vi\u00f0 eigum a\u00f0 geta v\u00e6nst \u00feess a\u00f0 geta nota\u00f0 hana vi\u00f0 kaup \u00e1 hvers kyns v\u00f6rum og \u00fej\u00f3nustu. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malfar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7699,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698\/revisions\/7699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}