Subj : Language Support To : AKAcastor From : Roon Date : Wed Apr 24 2024 01:51 pm Hello AKAcastor, 22 Apr 24 12:53, you wrote to N2qfd: n>> I was a student in Prague and spoke little to no Czech getting n>> there but learned enough and became what I'd call functionally n>> illiterate. It was an awesome experience to be a foreign national n>> and having to figure it out. A> I haven't been to Czech Republic, but I've started to develop an A> appreciation by watching The HONEST GUIDE channel on Youtube. A great A> channel full of information about Prague and its tourist traps, as A> well as scams to watch out for - they have even gotten scammers on the A> street arrested, after catching them stealing from tourists many A> times. yeah but it is in every big city. Paris, Amsterdam, London, etc... you have to watch out for your pocket. Only difference maybe is that the tourist-trap restaurants are not so common in the european northern&western countries. maybe it's because i am from eastern europe i have a good eye for these kind of things, so i almost never fell to them or exited early from a situation :) A> What you said about the experience of being a foreign national and A> having to figure it out resonates with me. In my early 20s I spent a A> few years living in France, going there after growing up in A> English-speaking Canada. where in france? i visit it from time to time, mostly the Riviera, Paris, and the alps - Mont-Blanc region - for some skiing/snowboarding. A> Since then I have taken a couple vacations to Spanish-speaking A> countries, while the only Spanish I know is "uno mas, por favor" (I A> know, some real North Americans on vacation vibe here haha). It's an A> adventure to travel to a place and work around the language hurdles, A> for sure. It can be a really enjoyable experience. i have some friends from Spain, so i learned spanish for 6th months. been in Madrid, Malaga, Granada, the southern coast /Nerja/. on our honeymoon we travelled from budapest throug austria-switzerland-france-to southern spain, spent two weeks there and back. man that took a long time, but it worth it. :) A> It's helpful that English has such a presence around the world, it's A> not uncommon for SOMEONE to be around that understand at least SOME A> English. Feels like world travelling, on easy mode sometimes. :) English is the JOKER. my father has friends in Austria, Netherlands, Czech, Italy, so in my childhood i heard a lot of different languages, so i think this is why i love hearing the different accents and to play with the langs. since i born we went to austria twice a week, so i can speak a little german, but funnily my accent is from one valley in Tirol area which confuses every other german speaking, because they hear that i am not a native speaker but i knew the slangs and some weird phrases even they dont hear occasionally. :) Regards, -- dp -=>> telnet://bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 <<=- .... Uptime: 1d 6h 2m 47s --- GoldED/2 1.1.4.7+EMX * Origin: Roon's BBS - Budapest, HUNGARY (21:4/148) .