It's like going to a lost village near Galway to practice English--you're fucked up. Originally posted by iTim:I agree, though if you're lucky, you get some that understand you're a tourist and they're very helpful by either speaking slower or speaking English, which you shouldn't expect of someone in their home country.
The Swedish have better English skills than the Spanish though... Sometimes Spanish skills are a necessity there.
Originally posted by iTim:I can get by on the standard phrases in Spanish, but I couldn't possibly put together sentences like all of you 'foreigners' put together on here. Credit where credit is due
Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Tim: Don't try to speak Swedish if you come here... I promise you... I'd react better to English than someone speaking really weird, hard to understand Swedish.The Swedish have better English skills than the Spanish though... Sometimes Spanish skills are a necessity there.
Originally posted by iTim:You probably have better English skills than the English have Spanish.

