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> Try do anything in Spain/France/Germany/China/Russia/etc without knowing the language (or only knowing it basically) & it's like you're playing Russian roulet
by pcthrowaway 5y ago
> Try do anything in Spain/France/Germany/China/Russia/etc without knowing the language (or only knowing it basically) & it's like you're playing Russian roulette with people being rude.
I've experienced this in France, but in Germany the language may as well have been English. I worked for a German software company for a bit and English was spoken by everyone in their office in Bavaria. People in the region spoke English regularly as well. In Berlin I definitely heard more English than German on the street.
- beardedman 5y agoTech is always the misnomer because it's english everywhere. Honestly, I'm shocked quite regularly with how little & how badly english is spoken in Germany (outside of tech) - and how rude people can be (esp. over the phone) if you don't speak semi-fluent german.