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<blockquote data-quote="bunkerrushPLZ" data-source="post: 210349"><p>It was said earlier how somebody from South Africa with a Brit passport would naturally prefer UK to rest of Europe due to language difficulties, so I thought I'd chime in here coz maybe it's not common knowledge all around the world that English is pretty much a second native language in many northern European countries such as Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark or the Netherlands.</p><p>Can't say for sure about Germany as I know some German and thus haven't used much English with these guys, but they should be okay too. Even here in Poland it's not that bad with young people, don't try talking English to the grannies though coz they didn't have it at school, they had Russian.</p><p>And Europe in general, I'd say communicating in English could be a hassle in the southern countries like Spain or Italy, and it's absolutely pointless trying to do it in France, these guys are just so crazy about their language they don't see how they'd need to learn another.</p><p>Other than that though most of Europe speaks your language, dear South Africans, and you could easily get by learning just a couple words of any local tongue if you don't feel like studying it I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bunkerrushPLZ, post: 210349"] It was said earlier how somebody from South Africa with a Brit passport would naturally prefer UK to rest of Europe due to language difficulties, so I thought I'd chime in here coz maybe it's not common knowledge all around the world that English is pretty much a second native language in many northern European countries such as Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark or the Netherlands. Can't say for sure about Germany as I know some German and thus haven't used much English with these guys, but they should be okay too. Even here in Poland it's not that bad with young people, don't try talking English to the grannies though coz they didn't have it at school, they had Russian. And Europe in general, I'd say communicating in English could be a hassle in the southern countries like Spain or Italy, and it's absolutely pointless trying to do it in France, these guys are just so crazy about their language they don't see how they'd need to learn another. Other than that though most of Europe speaks your language, dear South Africans, and you could easily get by learning just a couple words of any local tongue if you don't feel like studying it I think. [/QUOTE]
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