08-27-2007, 11:36 AM
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#4061 | | Senior Member
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| Weez, congratulations and thanks for the bubbly!
Zelda, share the funny, what was the Q&A?
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08-27-2007, 12:16 PM
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#4062 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,457
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Originally Posted by Zelda  Oh dear lou - they couldnt have picked a worse car!
why are my 1st year med sudents apparently totally incapable of reading a simple question??? | because they are first yr med students. Why can't my thrid year residents operate a copy machine? | |
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08-28-2007, 12:36 AM
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#4063 | | Posting Hound
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lylat System
Posts: 13,068
| because they don't know things.
i need a fax monkey.
wheres incarter
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08-28-2007, 08:31 PM
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#4064 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Way Out West
Posts: 5,120
| Hi all, I'm back after wife and I had a lovely (but too short) vacation in Kauai. That's the Garden Island of Hawaii. Lovely, but a lot of time in an airplane to get to!
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08-28-2007, 10:40 PM
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#4065 | | Perpetual Ephemerist
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,598
| Haven't been to Kauai, but loved the Big Island. Yes, it seems like it would be proper to stop the plane half way across and spend the night. Might be a little damp though! | |
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08-28-2007, 11:23 PM
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#4066 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,143
| Oh, I do love vacations. I need to figure out a destination for a trip I'd like to take next summer...any suggestions? Somewhere where I know the language (or at least can get by in it) is preferable...so, somewhere in Europe, probably...
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08-29-2007, 03:59 AM
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#4067 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,778
| Well what languages, beside english, do you speak/understand then? Or would it be enough that the citizens will understand english?
It's difficult to suggest anything else than Great Britain or Ireland if we don't know your criteria... 
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08-29-2007, 05:23 AM
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#4068 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| Meh, or your part of Europe. It seems that most Scandinavians speak at least some English. Whenever I needed translation I just looked for a Swede or a Nowegian. It never failed.
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08-29-2007, 05:34 AM
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#4069 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Meh, or your part of Europe. It seems that most Scandinavians speak at least some English. Whenever I needed translation I just looked for a Swede or a Nowegian. It never failed. | That's true. Basically everybody in Scandinavia and Denmark speaks english. She wouldn't have any trouble here.
However, she did say "Somewhere where I know the language (or at least can get by in it)". Does she speak swedish/norwegian/danish?
Whether we can get by in her language is another matter entirely, is it not? 
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08-29-2007, 07:21 AM
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#4070 | | Question Game Queen
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Canadia
Posts: 15,737
| She speaks French and Spanish and some Italian. She may say that her French isn't good, but don't believe it, she does speak it well- at least well enough to get by. | |
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08-29-2007, 09:53 AM
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#4071 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,143
| You like me! You really really like me!
Indeed, I should have specified which languages I speak. G?F? is quite right in her assessment -- in my case, the choices of destination are limited. Perhaps a better question would be, which cities or regions of Spain/Italy/France/etc. should I visit?
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08-29-2007, 09:59 AM
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#4072 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: E13
Posts: 498
| Which reminds me that I've not been working on my Irish in way too long. Quote:
Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen It's difficult to suggest anything else than Great Britain or Ireland if we don't know your criteria... | | |
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08-29-2007, 10:13 AM
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#4073 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by poor_nizzie You like me! You really really like me!
Indeed, I should have specified which languages I speak. G?F? is quite right in her assessment -- in my case, the choices of destination are limited. Perhaps a better question would be, which cities or regions of Spain/Italy/France/etc. should I visit? | If you can speak english, spanish, french and some italian your choices of destinations are NOT limited at all!
Gee, you'd get by basically anywhere. A friendly manner and some gesturing usually makes up for the lack of vocabulary.
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08-29-2007, 10:19 AM
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#4074 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Way Out West
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Originally Posted by poor_nizzie You like me! You really really like me!
Indeed, I should have specified which languages I speak. G?F? is quite right in her assessment -- in my case, the choices of destination are limited. Perhaps a better question would be, which cities or regions of Spain/Italy/France/etc. should I visit? | In that case, you're really in luck - you'll do well in lots of places. The questions then become what kind of things do you like and what places have you already visited? If you haven't been to Paris or Rome yet then those would be great to visit - those are fantastic. Would you be going for museums, scenery, club scene, food, wine? If you want a more country experience than city, then Provence and Tuscany would be outstanding.
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08-29-2007, 10:33 AM
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#4075 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: E13
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| I didn't see German in your list of available languages but my second favorite place on earth is Berlin.
Although, it's not for everyone. | |
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08-29-2007, 10:51 AM
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#4076 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,457
| I would love to go to Ireland-guiness, and Italy-vino | |
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08-29-2007, 10:57 AM
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#4077 | | Perpetual Ephemerist
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,598
| I've noticed that the Guinness is much better in Ireland. I think the French word for that is "terroir". "Guinness is good for you!" | |
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08-29-2007, 10:59 AM
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#4078 | | Perpetual Ephemerist
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia
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| Not, I must quickly add, that Guinness is actually bad anywhere, unless it is found in a small country store where the bottles have sat on the shelf until very dusty. | |
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08-29-2007, 12:19 PM
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#4079 | | Immortal
Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Heidelberg, GE
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| It is a proven fact (I've conducted the research myself) that Guinness tastes better the closer you are to the Blessed Isle. Guinness in Germany tastes better than Guinness in the US. Guinness in the UK tastes better than Guinness in Germany. Guinness in Ireland tastes better than it does anywhere else in the world.
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08-29-2007, 12:36 PM
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