Slightly off-topic, but one of Ryszard Kapuściński's African reportages had an amusing story of traveling with a driver who only knew two (2) words in English.

Slightly off-topic, but one of Ryszard Kapuściński's African reportages had an amusing story of traveling with a driver who only knew two (2) words in English. The words were listed as: Problem No problem Armed militia ahead ? Problem. It looks like they're going to let us pass ? No problem. Low on fuel ? Problem. Shelter found ? No problem. Storm is coming ? Problem. The remaining communication was done by hand waving (a snake, etc), watching his darkening or lightening facial expression, body language, various gestures. No, it wasn't expressive at all, but it got the job done. Ryszard traveled where he wanted, the driver got paid.