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LindaPeters64
replying to @Nicolette_O
@Nicolette_O A3 Language is part of our culture, that connects us and becomes an intrinsic part of who we are. Learning new languages helps us to better understand other countries, cultures, customs and people.
#CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @Sostraveluk: @travelcricket8 A3 No matter what the barrier everyone always find a way to communicate with one and another #culturetrav
Marilyn_Res
RT @CharlesMcCool: @Nicolette_O A4 not knowing what Rabo de Toro was in Spain, waiter drew a bull and circled the tail. @FunInFairfax and I…
PrairieStylFile
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot True. But (confession alert) I only learn the numbers over ten, because I just hold up my fingers if I need to! 😝 (Hey, my brain only holds so much information! I need to make sure I know important words like "bread" and "beer.") 😀 #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @travelcricket8: A5: When in Rome...because it is about embracing the culture you are in and it's a beautiful thing! #CultureTrav https:…
ClobberTravel
A1: English and French with some basic Spanish and speak reasonable Arabic. Would love to learn how to read and write Arabic and Chinese! #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @CharlesMcCool: A5 "We're lost but making good time." Meaning for me: get lost and discover the real #funness. #travel #CultureTrav @Nic…
Adventuringgal
One of my favorite sayings picked up traveling is inshallah. Only thing I thought it was scary with Turkish cabdrivers---we'll make it out alive inshallah, not because of cautious driving! #CultureTrav
Polymathically
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A3: You find out what other cultures value, and what they consider taboo. #CultureTrav
PrairieStylFile
replying to @Pinkzenjoy @Pinkzenjoy @HeidiSiefkas @wheresshellyii That's the best way to do it! #CultureTrav
BespokeTravels
replying to @Shannon_Skinner @Shannon_Skinner @Nicolette_O It does get harder the older I get! So much more work. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
replying to @CharlesMcCool @CharlesMcCool @FunInFairfax Love this on many levels because it truly encompasses what you and @FunInFairfax are all about! Discovering the real #funness and authentically exploring! #CultureTrav
Sostraveluk
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A5 #Inshallah is my favourite saying meaning god willing it’s an Arabic term #culturetrav
Nicolette_O
RT @goodnewsmuse: A5: I love idiomatic phrases. They are descriptive and original, often humorous. My favorite is French, "dans les choux,…
RTWBarefoot
#CultureTrav A5 "Könnt ihr drauzen sitzen, wenn das wetter schön ist?".
Completely useless. But still beautiful in its simplicity!
It was a stock phrase from role-play exercises in German lessons at school.
Nicolette_O
replying to @goodnewsmuse @goodnewsmuse Going to read the blog post! Sounds super fun! #CultureTrav
BespokeTravels
replying to @ForeverLostInT2 @ForeverLostInT2 @Nicolette_O there's nothing like talking to locals for really learning a new language. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @jettingaround: @itsmetheresac Yes! I can address friends mi amor or cariño when I speak Spanish, but I'm unlikely to do that in another…
Nicolette_O
RT @t_jh2009: @Nicolette_O A4) I learned from a former coworker who was from Greece that one should be careful with your gestures and keep…
RTWBarefoot
RT @PrairieStylFile: @RTWBarefoot True. But (confession alert) I only learn the numbers over ten, because I just hold up my fingers if I ne…
Nicolette_O
RT @Sostraveluk: @Nicolette_O A4 When Adam and I were in Poland we were lost so we got on a tram and hoped it would get us back to Krakow s…
adventuresginge
replying to @travelcricket8 @travelcricket8 A3 Quite largely! Some languages that are dying out are started to be re-taught so they don't disappear which is amazing and part of history and a culture. Like Irish or Quechuan 😊 #CultureTrav
shawarmaofwrath
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A.1 French and Spanish 😂 #CultureTrav and I know Hindi and English
TravelTales_CA
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O Awh, you are too kind love. It's tough when language is a barrier so much that even the process feels impossible. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @lizl_genealogy: @Nicolette_O A1 Lots of times. Sometimes they or I gave up, sometimes I learned, sometimes we pantomimed or they wrote…
CharlesMcCool
RTWBarefoot
replying to @PrairieStylFile @PrairieStylFile I maintain that every English person will learn the local language variant on 'two beers, please". #culturetrav
ChooseHonduras
Walk back in time, and discover a new world in Honduras #choosehonduras #adventuretravel #honduras #ThisIsAdventure #adventuretweets #travel #culturetrav #visithonduras
travelcricket8
RT @adventuresginge: @travelcricket8 A3 Quite largely! Some languages that are dying out are started to be re-taught so they don't disappea…
lizl_genealogy
replying to @TomFliesDotCom
@TomFliesDotCom @jettingaround Me too!
I was so grateful in Argentina when a server explained (in Spanish) that a menu item I ordered thinking it was vegetarian actually had unlisted meat in the sauce, then pointed to the truly vegetarian items, all w/o my explicitly saying I was vegetarian. #CultureTrav
travelcricket8
A6: In Brussels trying to order cheese fries but ended up with a fried slice of cheese! #CultureTrav
goodnewsmuse
A6: David Sedaris tells how when he lived in Paris he ordered food in plural b/c he couldn't remember the noun's gender. I've made this mistake, &, like him, got 2 cakes because a Parisian waiter wanted 2 teach me a hard lesson. Instead, it was sweet. #CultureTrav
travelcricket8
Q6: Sometimes, translations go wrong and it results in laughs. Share a story of a translation "fail" or a photo. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
replying to @Polymathically @Polymathically @itsmetheresac Wow! That sounds so painful and scary! :( #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
A6: I've seen some hilarious menu items, but can't photos of these right now. Loved this fun old Guinness ad at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin! Definitely NOT a translation fail, but it's simply fun! #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
Q6: Sometimes, translations go wrong and it results in laughs. Share a story of a translation "fail" or a photo. #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @PrairieStylFile: @BespokeTravels It is a system born out of my frustration with not remembering how to say, "sorry" and "excuse me" whe…
Sostraveluk
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O I was in tears 😭 #CultureTrav still loved Krakow though
Nicolette_O
RT @jettingaround: A4: Getting food in Kiev was a problem - Cyrillic alphabet + lots of meat and I'm a vegetarian. Finally found a restaura…
BespokeTravels
replying to @travthroughlife @travthroughlife @CultureWithTrav 😱😆 Maybe not the best introduction...did anyone laugh? #CultureTrav
Nicolette_O
RT @CharlesMcCool: @Nicolette_O A4 not knowing what Rabo de Toro was in Spain, waiter drew a bull and circled the tail. @FunInFairfax and I…
Nicolette_O
replying to @CharlesMcCool @CharlesMcCool @FunInFairfax haha! I love this story! #CultureTrav
travelcricket8
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O Oh it was quite hilarious. Everyone laughed! #CultureTrav
travelcricket8
RT @Sostraveluk: @travelcricket8 A3 No matter what the barrier everyone always find a way to communicate with one and another #culturetrav
Polymathically
replying to @Nicolette_O @Nicolette_O A4: Trying to communicate that I had kidney stones in Prague was like a very painful game of charades. I had to hold my side and point to certain areas. Thankfully, the staff were pros, even though they were clearly annoyed with having to deal with me. #CultureTrav
travelcricket8
RT @RTWBarefoot: @travelcricket8 Necessary, but tricky ... not the sort of thibg you learn in school. #CultureTrav