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Originally Posted by Walkabout
Forgive me, I am not taking the piss, I just don't mind posters putting in an occasional phrase (so long as they don't expect me to understand it as well - my language skills are hopeless, as demonstrated here).
Best wishes,
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Well well, we all call us self travelers.... with out speech... what would you do... ?
OK here we go...

1st of all, I used to speak Danish better than English, thats for a start... living 3-1/2 years in Denmark when I was age 18.... "so I'm NOT taking the piss" why not being nice if possible and the world community can grow a bit closer....
and for all of you who can't understand my phrase at the end of my last post:
uskyld jag har glimed teller non dansk men de er tyve or siln jag were over po Fyn.... tar de rolit og hyger did....
(sorry I forgot to tell some Danish, but that's twenty years ago I have been on Fyn... take it steady and in comfort....) the spelling is a bit do bumpy...
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Originally Posted by Samy
At least the people can speak a foreign language. What about you? Can you speak Dan at all?
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I spend 8 years on that rock called the UK...

I learned that the UK-people have a great respect for those who speak more than English, and it's rather a compliment saying things like: [..ps Your English is fine, and I am not Bull***ting you - much better than my Danish of course...]

will say: "oh never mind your bumpy English, it's better than my Turkish, German, Danish, French, Spanish..." ... so... don't judge to hard it could hit your self if you want to buy a few bits on a "Bazaar in Huddersfield / UK" or any where els on your next trip....

you would not have any problems speaking Turkish over here in Berlin... native Germans call it "little-Istanbul" you could call it "mini-Yew York"... my next door neighbours are from: Turkey, Russia, Poland, Japan, British, Yanks, Thai, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Spain, France, Ireland, Brazil, Italy and some from Africa, east-Germans and west-Germans... you name it, it's all here, all in a surrounding area of may 100 meter around me, every day.

I like it a lot....
now, if I would speak more than three languages, I would give every one some warm welcome in his or here native languages on there way...

and one more thing, I think HUBB is a great place where people know about how to handle the way non native English folk who want to share common interest .... isn't that traveling and exploring the Globe ? a bumpy phrase is part of it...
spooky