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Jul 31, 2013 | 9:35 am

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mandolino

Join Date: Sep 2009

Location: Scotland - ABZ

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I find the desk staff almost guffaws at me when I ask, "Do you speak English?" Of course they do.

It's often polite to ask "Do you speak English?" in local language, but in Netherlands and Scandinavia, they sometimes take it as an insult. You can see them thinking, "Yes, better than you"

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