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| Author: | Linux_User [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The EU is amazing... |
I'm planning a trip to Italy, and I shall pass through several EU countries on the way, I can pass through each one unhindered with my British passport, no forms to fill in etc and I can use the same currency throughout. God bless the European Union, it's a marvellous thing. 
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The EU is amazing... |
You'll still have to learn half a dozen languages or risk pissing off the locals  
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:01 pm ] | |||||||||
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I know some *very* basic Italian and French, the rest is out. 
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| Author: | lacloss [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The EU is amazing... |
Good isnt it ,and as for the lingo I find a couple of try's is better than speaking louder as if they are deaf ,wink wink . 
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:59 pm ] | |||||||||
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Well said, sir. Now, if we could only put an end to the incredible levels of magnificent junketing and elaborate gorging that make the MPs' "gravy train" pail in comparison we'd have a winner. And perhaps it would be nice if the books could get signed off before I die.... But I remain pro-European. 
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:04 pm ] | |||||||||
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SLAP!!! |
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| Author: | Angelic [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:07 pm ] | |||||||||
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Same. Italian - Babadeeboopadee French - Euuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh....... |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:21 pm ] | |||||||||
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I'm sorry? Everyone knows that English is understood worldwide provided you talk slowly and loudly. Jon |
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| Author: | mars-bar-man [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:36 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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And come across patronising? Learn a bit of their language, they'll then probably be more inclined to help you out in English if you at least tried in their own language. |
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:14 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Does one also find that if after several attempts the subject doesn't comprehend, you resort to some sort of whipping? Seriously though, as mbm said, speaking some language can help you, though having an English accent never helps as far as I've heard... |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:50 am ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Whenever I’ve been in Brussels, I’ve walked into shops or museums, tried to buy tickets/food etc. in French, and got replies in English. On a plus side, I did end up in a (slightly stilted) French conversation about the BBC, dyslexia and Tintin in the Grand Place with someone once. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The EU is amazing... |
I have the misery of going the other way... Passport isn't enough to get into the UK, you need to fill in an APIS(?) form as well, passport isn't enough to identify you, you need a credit card!  My money doesn't work, my debit card doesn't work... Vive le difference! |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:22 pm ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dear God. THAT WAS A JOKE. As it happens I'm well, not fluent exactly, but I can certainly make myself understood in Italian and still manage some Spanish. Jon |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:27 pm ] | |||||||||
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Quite a lot of places in the UK do take Euros now. Mostly the touristy bits but not just them. I think Tesco have a policy they will accept them and a lot of their goods are priced in both £ and €. Jon |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:46 pm ] |
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Alton doesn't have a Tescos and the hotel doesn't like taking Sterling, let alone Euros!
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