"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in
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> Mike...... wrote:
>> Following up to "William Black"
>> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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> 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.)
It's an interesting topic: countries whose citizens make English
monoglots ashamed! My vote for the most likely place to find
English speakers is Holland.
--
Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
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