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Most English-friendly countries?

  • 28-11-2009 3:36pm
    #1
    sadhbhc15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭


    English language, not people :).

    Personally speaking, I found Finland incredible in this regard. Not only did everyone in Helsinki speak excellent English but even within the Arctic circle we had no problem getting around using English only.

    What other countries / cities have you found to be very English-friendly?


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  • #2
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    All the Scandinavian countries, especially Sweden.

    The Netherlands.

    The USA.


  • #3
    zagmund
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭zagmund


    Ireland.

    Well, England too I guess, although the way they speak there is all funny, innit ?

    z


  • #4
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    Singapore
    Malaysia
    Hong Kong
    India
    South Africa
    [insert other ex-colony here]


  • #5
    LiamMc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 906 ✭✭✭LiamMc


    Portugal, in particular Lisbon.
    First time I went there in 1994 I couldn't get over the amount of English that was spoken.


  • #6
    sadhbhc15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭sadhbhc15


    Didn't know that about Lisbon. Interesting.


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  • #7
    dlofnep
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    LiamMc wrote: »
    Portugal, in particular Lisbon.
    First time I went there in 1994 I couldn't get over the amount of English that was spoken.

    Really? I was in the Algarve and didn't hear one word of English, except from tourists.


  • #8
    Lemondrop kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 255 ✭✭Lemondrop kid


    P. Breathnach wrote: »
    All the Scandinavian countries, especially Sweden.

    The Netherlands.

    The USA.

    The USA?
    That's stretching things a bit isn't it?


  • #9
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    LiamMc wrote: »
    Portugal, in particular Lisbon.
    First time I went there in 1994 I couldn't get over the amount of English that was spoken.

    That wasn't my experience in Lisbon. Communication wasn't a real problem, though, because everybody seemed to have lots of goodwill.


  • #10
    TravelJunkie
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    Cyprus. Even in remote parts.


  • #11
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    most of the west indies,malta, gibraltar,canada,new zealand,aus,falklands,israel,wales and scotland


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  • #12
    Euro_Kraut
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    Belgium and Switzerland. Generally the people speak two languages. Their native one and English. The Flemish generally prefer to converse in English than in French. Same in Geneva. I tried speaking in German there but it seemed most preferred to talk in English instead.


  • #13
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    you will now also find that mainland china teaches english in the schools,so you now find smatterings of english among younger people,also japan there they have to pass a english test to get into university,i was told this by a young japanese girl who works in the tourist office in haworth[bronte country]its her job to help the many japanese who visit the parsonage


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