what language is most useful to learn?

Hi, I am hoping to travel in the Eastern Europe, such as
Hungary,Slovakia and Poland. I speak English, but I am wondering if I
should learn another language to make my trip more memorable. What
language do you think I should learn? I also wonder if you have any
opinion on which country is good to travel in Europe. I don't have a
lot of money, so I would need to stay at the hostels most of the time
during the trip.
Thank you, and have a good day.

esperanto???????????



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Hi, I am hoping to travel in the Eastern Europe, such as
Hungary,Slovakia and Poland. I speak English, but I am wondering if I
should learn another language to make my trip more memorable. What
language do you think I should learn? I also wonder if you have any
opinion on which country is good to travel in Europe. I don't have a
lot of money, so I would need to stay at the hostels most of the time
during the trip.
Thank you, and have a good day.

I am extremely new to this newsgroup, therefore I do not understand the
group culture. However, it seems to me that your reply must have been a
joke, at best. Am I to understand that unhelpful replies are acceptable in
this newsgroup?
"alain K." wrote in message
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esperanto???????????



"forgotten field" a écrit dans le message de news:
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Hi, I am hoping to travel in the Eastern Europe, such as
Hungary,Slovakia and Poland. I speak English, but I am wondering if I
should learn another language to make my trip more memorable. What
language do you think I should learn? I also wonder if you have any
opinion on which country is good to travel in Europe. I don't have a
lot of money, so I would need to stay at the hostels most of the time
during the trip.
Thank you, and have a good day.

I don't know what Alain's intention was, but Esperanto is not a
_totally_ facetious reply -- in Communist times it was commonly taught
in "Eastern" Europe, and I've seen an old Hungarian railway timetable
which had the section explaining how to read the timetable in Esperanto,
among other languages.

In message , RSL
writes
I am extremely new to this newsgroup, therefore I do not understand the
group culture. However, it seems to me that your reply must have been a
joke, at best. Am I to understand that unhelpful replies are acceptable in
this newsgroup?
"alain K." wrote in message
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esperanto???????????



"forgotten field" a écrit dans le message de news:
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Hi, I am hoping to travel in the Eastern Europe, such as
Hungary,Slovakia and Poland. I speak English, but I am wondering if I
should learn another language to make my trip more memorable. What
language do you think I should learn? I also wonder if you have any
opinion on which country is good to travel in Europe. I don't have a
lot of money, so I would need to stay at the hostels most of the time
during the trip.
Thank you, and have a good day.




--
Arwel Parry
http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/

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Hi, I am hoping to travel in the Eastern Europe, such as
Hungary,Slovakia and Poland. I speak English, but I am wondering if I
should learn another language to make my trip more memorable. What
language do you think I should learn? I also wonder if you have any
opinion on which country is good to travel in Europe. I don't have a
lot of money, so I would need to stay at the hostels most of the time
during the trip.
Thank you, and have a good day.

German and perhaps Russian.
Eastern Europe, except in most popular places like Prague and Krakow, is a
lot cheaper than Western Europe, esp Rumania, Bulgaria, Ukraine.

Alec

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German and perhaps Russian.
Eastern Europe, except in most popular places like Prague and Krakow, is a
lot cheaper than Western Europe, esp Rumania, Bulgaria, Ukraine.


I wouldnt recommend Russian in the old Warsaw Pact
countries. In many of them they associate the language
with bad memories, true of German too of course but the
memories of Russians are fresher.

I recall in Prague just after the Russian withdrawal a group
of use were walking back to out hotel, got a little lost
and asked a passer by for directions in English. We
were put on the right track. About 100m behind us were
3 Hungarian guys from our group who asked the
same passer by the question Russian. They were pointed
in the exact opposite direction and didnt find their way
back to the hotel for another hour.

Keith

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"Alec" wrote in message
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German and perhaps Russian.
Eastern Europe, except in most popular places like Prague and Krakow, is a
lot cheaper than Western Europe, esp Rumania, Bulgaria, Ukraine.


I wouldnt recommend Russian in the old Warsaw Pact
countries.

It is advisable to speak an atrocious pidgin Russian and try to pick
up as many local words as possible.

Hi, I am hoping to travel in the Eastern Europe, such as
Hungary,Slovakia and Poland.

For people older than 30-40, Russian will probably be the most
common second language. For those under 30, German and
English will be the most common second language. Learn German.


Casey

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Hi, I am hoping to travel in the Eastern Europe, such as
Hungary,Slovakia and Poland.

For people older than 30-40, Russian will probably be the most
common second language.
Trying to speak russian in those countries is just rudeness, simply the got
enough of it.

For those under 30, German and
English will be the most common second language. Learn German.
German for many at age 30-40 and above, English for those below

"Lennart Petersen" writes:

Trying to speak russian in those countries is just rudeness, simply the got
enough of it.

it might help you though to be able to read some signs etc. in Poland and
other places with a Slavic language.
But then again you could directly start with Polish (not bothering with
kyrilic script, if you do not visit places where it is being used).

Last time I was in Prague (big tourist spot of course) I had no problem
getting along with German.

For those under 30, German and
English will be the most common second language. Learn German.
German for many at age 30-40 and above, English for those below

at least in countries bordering Germany (and probably Austria as well),
even a lot of people below 30-40 do have some (sometimes very good)
command of German. I could imagine this to be true in former Yugoslavia as
well.