The threat of rock falls, water contamination and jellyfish have been used to deter visitors from Mallorcan beaches

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Learning a few phrases is not going to help you with the language barrier. Suggestion to become fluent enough for conversation before visiting a foreign country is just absurd lol

    It’s clear that ppl in this thread have never attempted to learn a foreign language as an adult huh

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      And they’ve probably never travelled outside of English speaking counties.

      I’d have to be a genius to speak the language of every country I’ve travelled to, and that’s ignoring the countries that have several distinct and active languages (looking at you, Austria…)

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          I mean learning 2 languages isn’t hard but to learn one spending so much time to get fluent enough to converse just for your one week trip is just stupid on multiple levels