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46. I went to Sicily where very few people I encountered spoke English

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Sat Jun 15, 2019, 03:17 AM

Jun 2019

and yet I still managed to have a great time.....go figure

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Why would I go anywhere they don't speak english? [View all] captain queeg Jun 2019 OP

Weird jberryhill Jun 2019 #1

She missed a nice trip. Many people in Sweden do speak English; The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #2

There's a big overlap between places with low levels of passport holders--- dawg day Jun 2019 #3

I think it would be more noticeable if only tourist passports were shown captain queeg Jun 2019 #9

When I was in the USAF, back in the late 60s, MineralMan Jun 2019 #20

As I was getting out of the Navy, they were requiring Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #32

This is a mistaken assumption... arthurgoodwin Jun 2019 #35

42% of US citizens currently hold a valid passport VMA131Marine Jun 2019 #53

I think Mark Twain summed it up best... Brawndo Jun 2019 #4

I love this quote. And it's so true. Travel has been my greatest teacher and the smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #12

Yes. This. Ohiogal Jun 2019 #30

I know! I love the adventure of having to figure out a new language, culture, smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #57

Exactly, Mr. Twain. moondust Jun 2019 #47

When my wife and I visited Sweden almost everyone comradebillyboy Jun 2019 #5

Fear. Terrified of the big bad world mainer Jun 2019 #6

The word for that is Jingoism lunatica Jun 2019 #7

Most of the ones I know here in Oklahoma have never traveled out of the state, or don't want to. redstatebluegirl Jun 2019 #8

That's sad and funny. ChazInAz Jun 2019 #10

:) "absorbed it by osmosis or something." If only we Hortensis Jun 2019 #26

"other Slavic languages?" DFW Jun 2019 #44

Most European countries ... quickesst Jun 2019 #11

I know it is taught in Pakistan. Ilsa Jun 2019 #29

Preparing for a global economy? quickesst Jun 2019 #42

And we've taught Spanish, French, and German in US schools for decades. Igel Jun 2019 #39

A foreign language.... quickesst Jun 2019 #43

I have found that no matter where I go, there are usually a few people who smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #13

this Kali Jun 2019 #54

International travel is expensive. surrealAmerican Jun 2019 #14

Extra sad as... GeorgeGist Jun 2019 #15

The main reason many people don't travel abroad is MineralMan Jun 2019 #16

And fear is a hallmark of the conservative mind. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #56

Also lack of interest in others, lack of intellectual curiosity, Hortensis Jun 2019 #17

Evidence of the primitive American mindset Yavin4 Jun 2019 #18

What's "American" about this? Hortensis Jun 2019 #22

There are primitive mindsets in all cultures Yavin4 Jun 2019 #48

Ah. Hortensis Jun 2019 #49

It's part of the adventure... SMC22307 Jun 2019 #19

Yes, that's half of the fun of it. MineralMan Jun 2019 #27

That's a fun memory. (n/t) SMC22307 Jun 2019 #31

Reminds me of a train trip in 1969 dhol82 Jun 2019 #34

Lucy being arrested in Paris treestar Jun 2019 #52

Well, in real life it's pretty funny, too. MineralMan Jun 2019 #58

"I don't like to go overseas...too many foreigners there." Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #21

One of my siblings married a man whose parents had never left malaise Jun 2019 #23

English is required in their schools and has been for years. shraby Jun 2019 #24

Pretty sure they speak better English there than most Americans. Crunchy Frog Jun 2019 #25

if i said that, i would have to leave oklahoma. n/t 5X Jun 2019 #28

I've known several ex-military members who were stationed out of the country... Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #33

Almost everyone in Sweden speaks English Vegas Roller Jun 2019 #36

I suspect education plays a big part in willingness to travel captain queeg Jun 2019 #37

most places I've ever been, even where they "don't speak english" anarch Jun 2019 #38

Um . . . no. Ohio is NOT the heart of Trump country. Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #40

Oh how sad! But I can kind of relate. GulfCoast66 Jun 2019 #41

How ironic. When people from England hear people from Ohio speak, they say, "THAT is English?" DFW Jun 2019 #45

I went to Sicily where very few people I encountered spoke English Skittles Jun 2019 #46

By that logic, why would anyone travel at all? DFW Jun 2019 #50

Every Rep. that I know virgogal Jun 2019 #51

A reverse view of ..traveling..People from all over traveled and settled where I worked. Stuart G Jun 2019 #55

Reminds me of an amusing story from a controversial '50s novel, "The Ugly American" sop Jun 2019 #59

I remember way back when people would say kskiska Jun 2019 #60