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> English is pretty-well universally understood there No, this is absolutely not the case. I was there just over Christmas, and we did have problems to communi
by c06n 10y ago
> English is pretty-well universally understood there
No, this is absolutely not the case. I was there just over Christmas, and we did have problems to communicate with locals. Sure, the college educated all speak English. They don't work as bus drivers or at the gas station though. But these are the people I interact with the most as a tourist.
That is not to say that people aren't multilingual there. I'm sure they all speak two or three languages. Such as Hebrew, Arabic or Russian.
Israel isn't just Tel Aviv.
- kobayashi 10y agoThat's a good point. You can get around Tel Aviv while only speaking English, but perhaps not so much in the north.