Need help selecting a 2nd language to learn.

[Husar]

And, following a fine franco-german tradition they will refuse to acknowledge that they really do... <--- maybe the only thing I hated in Germany.

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Never heard of that, except if they're lying to me as well, but some of them are really bad so they might be afraid or unable to properly communicate. Myself, well it helps if you ask but if you just start talking english to me I will usually respond in english as well. Some people at work just seem to mumble around in english, in that case I just reply in german.

[asilv]

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[rasoforos]

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Never heard of that, except if they're lying to me as well, but some of them are really bad so they might be afraid or unable to properly communicate. Myself, well it helps if you ask but if you just start talking english to me I will usually respond in english as well. Some people at work just seem to mumble around in english, in that case I just reply in german.

It was something I heard but I also actually experience last year in Dusseldorf...

We were visiting the Euroshop (it is a major trade fair for retail shops). Now, there is 100.000 people in Dusseldorf for it but 'Can you take us to the trade fair please' or 'Can you take us to Euroshop please' did not really do the trick with the taxi drivers... Just saying 'messe' did... ...I do not buy it that the didnt know what we were trying to say.

...the only taxi driver I had a decent conversation with was this Turkish chap who could speak really really good Greek he claimed he learnt at his favorite Greek cafe. Go figure...