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How easy is it to get around mainland Europe speaking English only?
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:53 pm
Do most Europeans speak English or are there pockets of the continent where only the native tongue is spoken?
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Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:54 pm to upgrayedd
10 years ago wasn't an issue for me. Now days you gotta speak that dirka dirka.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:54 pm to upgrayedd
Western Europe, pretty easy.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:54 pm to upgrayedd
I'm so poor I can't afford to get out of St. George.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:55 pm to upgrayedd
Western Europe is pretty ieasy
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:55 pm to upgrayedd
As long as you can recite some Koran in Arabic you'll be fine
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:55 pm to Rize
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I'm so poor I can't afford to get out of St. George.
To be fair, there's not much English spoken in a good bit of BR too
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:55 pm to upgrayedd
quote:yes, most Europeans know multiple languages.
Do most Europeans speak English
The French are the biggest jerks about having to speak English to visitors
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:56 pm to upgrayedd
Italy and France are fairly easy but the French seem particularly annoyed when you only speak English. I spent a cup of tea in Spain and it was similar.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:56 pm to upgrayedd
Some say if you make an attempt to speak the local language, they will be more helpful.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:57 pm to upgrayedd
Europeans talk with their hands anyway, some expressive pointing is all you need to get by.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:58 pm to TT9
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The French are the biggest jerks about having to speak English to visitors
Yeah, I knew a guy that lived in Paris for a little while when he was growing up. Told me once they found out you were American they turned into complete dicks.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:59 pm to upgrayedd
Probably 4 out 5 speak some English, anyone under 35 is probably fluent. Have a close friend that has lived in Germany continuously since 1982 and has never bothered to learn much German, wasn't needed.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:59 pm to upgrayedd
most europeans speak islam these days
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:00 pm to upgrayedd
That's funny considering their lack of backbone
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:01 pm to el Gaucho
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speak islam
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:01 pm to TheWalrus
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Europeans talk with their hands anyway, some expressive pointing is all you need to get by.
This means hello or thank you, right?
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:01 pm to upgrayedd
If you can manage to butcher the language just enough, they will speak English so they dont have to hear you destroy their language anymore... and they'll speak English better than you will speak their language
Rick Steves taught me that
Rick Steves taught me that
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:01 pm to upgrayedd
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Yeah, I knew a guy that lived in Paris for a little while when he was growing up. Told me once they found out you were American they turned into complete dicks.
This really only happens with Parisians. Brittany, Lyon, Nice, Normandy, and the southern coast (Provence?) are full of locals that are much friendlier.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:02 pm to upgrayedd
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Yeah, I knew a guy that lived in Paris for a little while when he was growing up. Told me once they found out you were American they turned into complete dicks.
I've heard that Parisians are arrogant jerks but country folk are cool.
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