On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:04:28 -0500, Al Patrick
wrote:

We even have to put on our coffee cups - in four different
languages - "Caution Hot" so that invaders no longer have to learn
English - or learn that coffee is SUPPOSED to be HOT.

One word -- lawyers.

As for multiple languages, I once worked for an outfit that
had rolls of "GARBAGE" stickers to peel off and apply to boxes or bags
to be thrown out. The word for garbage was also written in about eight
other languages, including Spanish, Veitnamese, chinese, etc. Someone
once became offended that the word was in so many languages. I
explained to him, "The word GARBAGE is in English because that's the
only language you speak. The rest are because none of your kids will
apply for the job, Whitey."