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HaileyinHongKong

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Member since 28 December 2010

Hong Kong

HaileyinHongKong

29 July 2014 15:36:10

4723

HaileyinHongKong

29 July 2014 15:36:10

#81

4723

Hong Kong

Whoever has no flags, I suppose.

nyakatch

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Member since 28 April 2014

Glasgow

nyakatch

01 August 2014 09:24:52

nyakatch

01 August 2014 09:24:52

#82

Glasgow

Hello william

I totally agree with you. knowing the local language helps a lot if you want to settle in anew culture, otherwise if you don't know the local language and you have all the knowledge and skills, it would not help you a lot. when i first moved to Scotland, i could hardly understand the dialect, so even mixing with the locals was mind-boggling. I had to enroll in the local colleges to get a good hang of the accent and that has helped a lot. my son was born in Scotland and he speaks Scottish, and many a times he has said i need to learn to speak in Scottish because that's the language spoken.

Bkk_Bear

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Member since 28 July 2014

Bangkok

Bkk_Bear

20 August 2014 05:13:17

Bkk_Bear

20 August 2014 05:13:17

#83

Bangkok

This is great advice. I have been an expat for 20 years in 5 different countries. No matter where you go locals at least expect an effort from you to talk to them in their language. I am currently in Thailand and often raise laughs from my local employees for mispronouncing something but I still gets lots of efforts points from them for at least trying.

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