>
>Thanks, Rick. I speak Spanish, not fluently. Tom speaks Spanglish and
>lots of sign language. He always says if you can say "please", "thank
>you", and count to ten, you can get along in any language!! A few people
>spoke English, but not in the countryside! Cuban Spanish is the most
>difficult to understand because they speak so fast and run everything
>together. They are very patient, though, and are willing to slow down and
>enunciate. They are usually so appreciative if any tourists even attempt
>to speak Spanish to them.
>
Same is true in France, especially around Paris. I've never had any
difficulty there thanks to having learned the proper manner when I lived there
in the early 60's.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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