Re: Sometimes you really *can't* get by in English

On Feb 29, 4:56 pm, k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (K. Edgcombe) wrote:

Should somebody tell him that between England and India there are countries
where they speak neither English nor French?  Several circuits of the UK may be
called for.

Yes, this morning our walk to work was enlivened by speculating on his
next decade or two. 'Bonjour, mon ami, je suis tres idealiste...' for
about 10 days, followed by 'We're cold and hungry and haven't slept
for days, who *knew* there'd be -- German -- to cope with? We're
going back to walk around England for a while learning German.'
'Bonjour, etc, etc'; 'Guten Tag, etc, etc' 'Blast it, *Czech?!?!?' ad
not quite infinitum.

Honestly, on the radio broadcast I heard it said something about all
the preparation he'd put into this trip. Would it have taken so
terribly long to have come up with a little one paragraph explanation
of his philosophy and translate it into the languages he'd be
encountering? Given that he didn't have a lot of packing to do, one
is rather hard put to understand exactly where all that preparation
time went.

cheers,
Stephanie
in Brussels
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