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Elon Musk backs UK MP’s call for London station name to be in English after Bengali signage appears (www.hindustantimes.com)

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk supported a British MP's post arguing that a London railway station name should appear only in English after a dual-language signboard featured “Bengali” as well.

Rupert Lowe, the Great Yarmouth MP, shared an image of the bilingual sign at Whitechapel Station on his official X account. "This is London - the station name should be in English, and English only," said Lowe, a Reform UK MP for Great Yarmouth, on Sunday.

His post quickly gained traction online and even drew a response from Elon Musk, the owner of X, who simply replied, “Yes.”

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Lowe’s post sparked mixed reactions on X, with some users backing his stance while others defended bilingual signage.

One user supported Lowe’s perspective, writing, “Couldn't agree more Rupert, it's time to stand up for our national identity and language. We shouldn't be pandering to every other culture at the expense of our own, it's just common sense. Well said, keep speaking out against this woke nonsense.”

However, not everyone agreed. One user countered, “While I appreciate the sentiment imagine visiting Tokyo or Shanghai and not a single sign was written in English?”

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A Bengali sign was installed at Whitechapel Tube station in 2022 to honor the contributions of the Bangladeshi community to east London.

The Tower Hamlets Council funded dual-language signage throughout Whitechapel Station as part of broader development efforts. The area is said to have the largest Bangladeshi community in the UK.

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking hell, just learn Bengali you idiots! The state of education in this country FFS.

[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

People should be able to learn Bangladesh in schools though, or Hindi or Punjabi or Polish or one of the many other widely spoken languages in the UK.

There are some places where you can take Urdu as a GCSE, but only if you already speak it at home. Nowhere AFAIK teaches it from scratch in the way French or German is taught.

I'm not saying every school should teach every possible language, I'm saying it should be an option for any school to offer if they choose and it should be considered just as valid and worthwhile as learning a European language.