Two On A Big Ocean The Story of the First Circumnavigation
of the Pacific Basin
in a Small Sailing Ship


      

Other Books by
Hal Roth
| Home | Mailing Lists | Bookstore | Weather | Tide Predictions | Bowditch |

Re: [worldcruising] English, Spanish,etc


Subject: Re: [worldcruising] English, Spanish,etc
From: Arthur Plottier (arthurplottier@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 02:48:37 EST


Relax... 25 million people in USA speak spanish and about the same amount of
people speak english in South America.

Cheers

>From: Janice Marois <z007988b@XXX.XXX>
>Reply-To: worldcruising@XXX.XXX
>To: worldcruising@XXX.XXX
>Subject: Re: [worldcruising] English, Spanish,etc
>Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:38:32 -0500 (EST)
>
>This language bruhaha has gotten me thinking... would a person be able to
>successfully travel outside the United States with only English spoken?
>
>It seems to me that being able to draw the item I want, or maybe show it
>another way would suffice...
>
>I've seen the berlitz pocket translation guides. Should those be
>perloined? And, in what languages?
>
>My only spanish was in second grade mumble mumble years ago, though I can
>understand "um pokeeto"... (apologies if the spelling is horrid -- i've
>never studied the words -- only listened and heard it spoken.
>
>Picture circumnavigation here...
>
>j

_________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~>
Big News - eGroups is becoming Yahoo! Groups
Click here for more details:
http://click.egroups.com/1/10801/1/_/508787/_/977766272/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->

=====================================
to unsubscribe email to: worldcruising-unsubscribe@onelist.com



| Home | Mailing Lists | Bookstore | Weather | Tide Predictions | Bowditch | Trawlerworld |