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View Poll Results: How important is English when you travel as a tourist?
Extremely importat 5 11.90%
Important 10 23.81%
Somewhat important 11 26.19%
Not important 16 38.10%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-06-2014, 07:41 AM
 
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I am not losing anything.

I do not need to experience other cultures. Not everyone enjoys other cultures. I have been to Spain and France many times including Rome. I hated Rome so much. It was fascinating but not my kind of history.

Boring.
As I said, "Live and let live", if you're happy with that, I won't argue.
Be just aware that Northern Ireland compared to what the whole Europe has to offer is like a Mini compared to a Ferrari.
Anyway, "live and let live".
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Old 04-06-2014, 07:46 AM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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Ewgh..

Whatever you think.

Europe is poor compared to living standards offered here.
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Old 04-06-2014, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I am not losing anything.

I do not need to experience other cultures. Not everyone enjoys other cultures. I have been to Spain and France many times including Rome. I hated Rome so much. It was fascinating but not my kind of history.

Boring.
Why did you hate Rome so much? What is your kind of history?
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Old 04-06-2014, 08:03 AM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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Ewgh..

Whatever you think.

Europe is poor compared to living standards offered here.
As pointed out before: Living standards in Northern Ireland are on average comparable to some far flung place in Central/Eastern Europe... Just compare the stats on GDP per capita and you'll notice that NI is far from being a wealthy region...

List of European regions by GDP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But it's probably better that we people abroad don't have to deal with a spoiled brat like you...
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Old 04-06-2014, 08:05 AM
 
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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^ Well Northern Ireland is not exactly known for people who tolerate differences .
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Old 04-06-2014, 08:13 AM
 
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Ewgh..

Whatever you think.

Europe is poor compared to living standards offered here.
Actually Northern Ireland is poorer than Northern Italy.
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Old 04-06-2014, 08:20 AM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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Ahahaha
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Old 04-06-2014, 08:21 AM
 
Location: Czech Republic
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It never works they just start speaking English.
We never spoke English in Spain as well as in France.
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Old 04-06-2014, 09:29 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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We never spoke English in Spain as well as in France.
Why? What made you speak English better in France than in Spain?
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Old 04-06-2014, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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But it's probably better that we people abroad don't have to deal with a spoiled brat like you...
Why do you say that? Because he lives in a 4,000 square foot house he hates because it is oh so 1990s and wants daddy to gut it and remodel it for him, to meet his standards of contemporary en-suite decor? And has absolutely no interest in traveling where he needs to share the streets with riffraff who are beneath him and who speak goofy inferior languages, like Austrian?

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