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Subject: Re: The Euro at $1.55 Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:45:41 -0700



Mike...... wrote:
> Following up to "William Black" wrote:
>
>> For example, try asking directions in German when lost in Holland or
>> Belgium...
>
> lets face it, when you meet the taxi driver, policeman, passer by and
> need to say something, most of the time people speak one language.

True, but tourist areas in most countries have a fair share of "natives"
who speak other languages than their own. In Brussels I encountered
quite a few who WANTED to speak English with me, (Including the woman
at the next table in a restaurant one noon - we chatted happily away in
English, all through our meal, after I had admired the "petit chien" she
had with her in a carrier, and she detected my American accent.)