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I haven't been to Maine, Alabama, either of the Dakotas, either of the Carolinas, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, W.V.
@ABM , I haven't been to Tennessee, but I have been to the Azores.

I learned Latin in college, but despite what they say about it being a dead language, I've never been able to use it in conversation with a dead person. They just stare at me.

barfo
 
barfo said:
I haven't been to Maine, Alabama, either of the Dakotas, either of the Carolinas, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, W.V.
@ABM , I haven't been to Tennessee, but I have been to the Azores.

I learned Latin in college, but despite what they say about it being a dead language, I've never been able to use it in conversation with a dead person. They just stare at me.

barfo
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They're referring to dead insects, butterflies, cockroaches, and other critters....you probably know their real Latin names are
 
Been to 45 states......
& Canada, Mexico, Azores, Argentina, Brazil, England, Netherlands, Scotland, Greece
Will be in Japan next summer if they hold the games.

Speak just enough Spanish to survive in a foreign country. Wish I knew more.
 
Propagandist said:
This is an interesting thread....I speak English, and enough Spanish to survive, maybe, kind of... I wish I had one of those brains that didn't suffer from paralysis through analysis...

Countries: Canada, Mexica, Guatemala, Scotland, England, Wales, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, and Morocco... I also was born in the South, which is essentially a different country.
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I was born in Atlanta.
 
I speak passable Spanish. A bissel of Yiddish and Hebrew.

I have travelled extensively, both for work and pleasure. 38 countries.

Most exotic was Mongolia. Scariest was Turkmenistan (police state.) I was in South Africa during Apartheid when I was a student, that was when I travelled around the world by ship on a program called Semester at Sea and visited a dozen countries. That started my wanderlust.
 
My friends in Taiwan were from Paris...our children played together...their son spoke english and French, daughter spoke french and mandarin and my son spoke mandarin and english...the 3 kids used all 3 languages when playing together and had no problem...it was fun to watch...
 
e_blazer said:
So, that's a euphemism in Greek for getting laid?
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Really, not. It's just a good way to tell people you want to get to the beach...

BTW, I also know how to say Mountains... and we assume that dish names do not really count.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 20 percent of Americans can converse in two or more languages, compared with 56 percent of Europeans.

I was born and grew up in Vietnam until I was ten years old, so I can speak, read, and write Vietnamese. Lived in Thailand for two years (and another year after I graduated H.S.) before immigrating to the U.S. at the age of twelve. I can speak Siamese well enough to hold a very casual conversation but can’t read or write. My grandmother (dad’s mom), who was Filipino, taught me some Tagalog. Don’t remember/know enough to feel comfortable getting by in the Philippines without Google Translate.

Not counting short visits (a day or two of layover on business trips), I’ve been to most of Southeast Asian countries, S. Korea, Japan, the U.K., France, and Spain (and yeah, Canada, but they’re just nicer and more polite U.S.).

Would like to travel to China, Mexico, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and a couple of Middle Eastern countries once this pandemic settle down enough to travel safely again.
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i think comparing us to europe is like apples to corvettes.

First, their countries are smaller than some of our states. So if each of our states spoke a different language im willing to bet Americans would speak at least two, maybe more languages.
Second, ive been to the philipines, Canada and Mexico.
Thats it.
 
Orion Bailey said:
i think comparing us to europe is like apples to corvettes.

First, their countries are smaller than some of our states. So if each of our states spoke a different language im willing to bet Americans would speak at least two, maybe more languages.
Second, ive been to the philipines, Canada and Mexico.
Thats it.
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But their big cities in those small countries often have more people than our big states....we have cattle corn and tumbleweeds to account for
 
Mediocre Man said:
Tangier. Just to say we went. Would love to do a safari someday
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Did you take the ferry from Spain? We did that. Great day trip to Tangier, but man, that ferry ride back across the Straits of Gibraltar was hectic.

Safari was one of the most amazing things I ever did. Did it in Kenya. Just incredible.
 
Stevenson said:
Did you take the ferry from Spain? We did that. Great day trip to Tangier, but man, that ferry ride back across the Straits of Gibraltar was hectic.

Safari was one of the most amazing things I ever did. Did it in Kenya. Just incredible.
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Yes, the ferry. Very jealous of the safari. It’s a life goal
 
Can speak middling Moroccan Arabic & Algerian Arabic, can read and write Standard Arabic. I've lived in Morocco (twice) and Syria, and have traveled through UK, France, Spain, Netherlands, & Italy.

I really want to go to Japan, Palestine, Basque country, and Algeria. Iraq and Iran would be incredible, but ehhhh, probably not.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Tangier. Just to say we went. Would love to do a safari someday
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Did a week safari in kenya around 2000 with a local company (no fancy stuff, just tents, an old chinese Donfeng truck and 3 parks - samburu, nakuru and the Masai Mara). Great time.

Spent a week later travelling the coast from Mombasa to lamu island. One of my favorite vacations ever.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
What season was it? Been looking but couldn't find it.

Found the episode with Obama and Bourdain eating at a restaurant in Ha Noi. I was in the vicinity at the time. Vietnamese young people absolutely love Obama. There was a funny rumor going around that Obama used to play professional basketball. Probably started because he's black rather than because of his height.


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First episode of season 7

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5701698/
 
Mediocre Man said:
I have been to every continent except Antarctica.
That’s the next cruise, when it’s safe
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Worked for a week in Buenos Aires, and some of us after the fight were going to take a cruise to Antartica. Just to say we did it. Never did, will never get that chance again unfortunately.
 
Been to Mexico like 5 times and Canada a couple. Probably been to 20 or so states.

Europe doesn’t really interest me. I’d rather go to Asia or South America. I’m all about the beaches and good food. Laying out catching the rays. You won’t see me going hiking or back packing. Not my cup of tea.

I took 2 years of Spanish in high school and got D’s both years. Ha
 
Lanny said:
God knows the Covid-19 virus is rampant in Antarctica.
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True. I suppose I could charter a private plane to get to Argentina, then charter a private yacht to get to Elephant Island. Seems cost effective
 
MickZagger said:
Been to Mexico like 5 times and Canada a couple. Probably been to 20 or so states.

Europe doesn’t really interest me. I’d rather go to Asia or South America. I’m all about the beaches and good food. Laying out catching the rays. You won’t see me going hiking or back packing. Not my cup of tea.

I took 2 years of Spanish in high school and got D’s both years. Ha
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This is the way to vacation. Sit and relax
 
THE HCP said:
Worked for a week in Buenos Aires, and some of us after the fight were going to take a cruise to Antartica. Just to say we did it. Never did, will never get that chance again unfortunately.
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You don’t know that. Seems plausible that you could work down there again
 
andalusian said:
Did a week safari in kenya around 2000 with a local company (no fancy stuff, just tents, an old chinese Donfeng truck and 3 parks - samburu, nakuru and the Masai Mara). Great time.

Spent a week later travelling the coast from Mombasa to lamu island. One of my favorite vacations ever.
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Sounds amazing
 
English and french. I know some spanish vulgarities, but that's about it.

Foreign countries I've been to are Iceland, Ireland, England, Canada, and Costa Rica. Had a trip to China planned for the 2021 but I obviously cancelled that.

Having driven across the country multiple times, I've been to most states. 43 at last count. Haven't gotten all the way up the east coast, so I'm missing some of the small ones up north.
 
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