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over a year ago
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I lived and worked in Mallorca for 3 years and learnt the basics before I went.. Just so I could get by ordering food and drink etc .. But even tho the office where I worked was full of Spanish speaking people they were more interested in brushing up on their English than helping me with my Spanish 
I can understand more than I speak |
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I speak Russian, when travelling in Central Asia and some Urdu, I worked in France for a while, but its been an age since I used that language and I can converse in Spanish with one of the Students at Uni.
My english is abysmal |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I picked up a little Dutch in Belgium, though found it easier to read than speak. Picked up quite a bit of Spanish when I was in the Canary Islands and know enough German to get by when over there. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"¿Una buena pregunta?
Does anyone use a particular language when they're abroad, or do they rely on people speaking English."
If I speak the language, I will use it. ¿Qué tipo de pregunta es? |
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I always try and learn some of the language in every country I visit, even if it's just a few phrases.
I studied Physics in French, but that was actually fairly easy as the language of Physics is Mathematics.
I can get by in Spanish.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Very minimal basic, Mandarin, Spanish and German.
Fairly decent but also basic, French.
Nothing to shout about though, so completely rely on them speaking English. |
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I try to make the effort a learn a few phrases at least.
In Berlin in Feb., a couple of times I asked for things in shops in German and was surprised to be returned with:
"I do not understand your question, please ask again."
Cheeky fuckers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was once so smashed in Amsterdam that I started to ask for everything in French.
The barmaid said my French was slightly better than my English which confused matters even further. |
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"I was once so smashed in Amsterdam that I started to ask for everything in French.
The barmaid said my French was slightly better than my English which confused matters even further. "
LOL
I love the Dutch.
You ask, "Do you speak English?"
And they say, "A little bit."
And what they really mean is; A little bit better than you.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was once so smashed in Amsterdam that I started to ask for everything in French.
The barmaid said my French was slightly better than my English which confused matters even further.
LOL
I love the Dutch.
You ask, "Do you speak English?"
And they say, "A little bit."
And what they really mean is; A little bit better than you.
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Brilliant  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I can order beer, coffee, and a bed in all European languages, do a small amount of conversation in Spanish, but tend to need to listen to it for a few days to pick it up again. |
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over a year ago
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"I speak outer mongolian,a touch of vulcan(only when ordering food)and a slight bit of bullshit...ok a lot of bullshit  "
There used to be a restaurant in Derby called Outer Mongolia and my mate took great delight in ordering everything in Mandarin which confused the fuck out of the waitress |
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I always try wherever I am to pick up a few lines. I still have some residual knowledge of French and German from school days, but Spanish is almost alien to me.
If all else fails, I use the language of love  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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have to say since moving to Wales 5 years ago I can only manage bora da and nos da
whereas my son can read, write and speak Welsh like a native because he is taught it in school here |
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over a year ago
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"¿Una buena pregunta?
Does anyone use a particular language when they're abroad, or do they rely on people speaking English."
I normally go to English speaking countries as their first language
Why speak anything else? |
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I speak a bit of Welsh 
Schoolboy French and Spanish help me through, and I've picked up a bit of the other Latin languages.
I think it's only polite to try and soak a bit of the language, whatever you go |
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