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Sure, it would be wonderful if we all speak Esperanto, but this is not the case. It would be useful to me that wherever I travel people talk some common langua
by RobertoG 10y ago
Sure, it would be wonderful if we all speak Esperanto, but this is not the case.
It would be useful to me that wherever I travel people talk some common language with me, but I don't feel like they have to.
It seems to me that if you choose to visit a foreign country you should expect some inconveniences and adapt to the local population.
- tluyben2 10y agoYes, but that is economically probably not a smart thing to do. In Spain where I live I see people who speak English consistently do better. Things are just easier to get. Let alone when someone speaks 'niche' languages like German.
- RobertoG 10y agoSo, why learn only English and drive a taxi then? Maybe they should get PHd in Nuclear Physics and make some real money.
- icebraining 10y agoAs a tourist, I'm prepared to adapt to other countries. But as a citizen, I expect my countrymen to do better than the bare minimum, and learning English is part of that. I write this as a non-English speaker myself.