You should talk at these Europeans slower and louder. Sometimes it can help to write down what you're after and point at it whilst getting increasingly frustrated.
Ttssattsr,
Mon 19 Oct 2009, 14:13,
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on the flip side of things, I have to admit to being somewhat amused/embarresed by british tourists trying to speak to anyone on the continent who doesn't speak english"Hey, do you know whre those ancient ruins are?"
"¿qué?"
"The ANCIENT ruins? Where?"
"apesadumbrado, no entiendo..."
*following elabourate hand guestures* "THE... RUINS... WHERE-EE-OO?"
*shrug*
"Fucking foreigners, can't speak a word of english... "
("¿qué?"
"The ANCIENT ruins? Where?"
"apesadumbrado, no entiendo..."
*following elabourate hand guestures* "THE... RUINS... WHERE-EE-OO?"
*shrug*
"Fucking foreigners, can't speak a word of english... "
theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>,
Mon 19 Oct 2009, 14:22,
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