'Talk English for service' SHOPKEEPER 2.AN IMMIGRANT postmaster postmaster - The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail (RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is is refusing to serve customers who can't speak English. Sri Lankan Deva Kumarasiri, 40, says they should learn the language and take pride in their country. Lib Dem LIB DEM Liberal Democrat(s) (UK political party) councillor Deva, who came here 18 years ago, runs Sneinton Boulevard Post Office in Nottingham. Deva said: "The national fabric unravels if we don't speak the same language. That will lead to ghettos." But Afzal Sadiq of the Racial Equality Council, said: "You are denying somebody a service that is for everybody." |
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