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Signs at Spanish beaches warn English-speaking tourists to stay away (www.independent.co.uk)

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The threat of rock falls, water contamination and jellyfish have been used to deter visitors from Mallorcan beaches

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Learning a few phrases is not going to help you with the language barrier. Suggestion to become fluent enough for conversation before visiting a foreign country is just absurd lol

It's clear that ppl in this thread have never attempted to learn a foreign language as an adult huh

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

And they’ve probably never travelled outside of English speaking counties.

I’d have to be a genius to speak the language of every country I’ve travelled to, and that’s ignoring the countries that have several distinct and active languages (looking at you, Austria…)