[PHOTO] Pan Am Games without Portuguese

[rfmcdonald]

A May report from Metro Toronto noted the lack of Portuguese-language signage at the Pan Am Games here in Toronto. The relevant Wikipedia page suggests that this is a matter of convrention, English and Spanish being the official languages of the Games to be joined by additional local languages. (This explains the presence of French.)

Even so, this does not seem justifiable. Portuguese is spoken only in one country of the Americas, true, but there are two hundred million people in Brazil! More, Toronto is itself hardly without speakers of the language. I took this picture of a sign at Duffering station, the TTC station located on the street that is a historical anchor for Toronto's Portguese-speaking communities. Rules are rules, but sometimes rules are pointless.