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August 30th 17, 10:39 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Oyster changes/improvements
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:19:24 +0200
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I'm very disappointed that you can't understand enough French to deal
with such everyday things. Another shameful British habit.
I seem to have an inherent inability to remember more than 1 foreign
language
having (in chronological order) spent 2 years learning Italian, 6 years
learning German and 1 year in Sweden since I left school, 40 years ago
I have lost all ability that I had to communicate in French
As someone who can get by in French I always found written Italian similar
enough to understand at least some of it (spoken italian is another
matter, I can barely understand a word) so I'm surprised the reverse isn't
true.
Indeed It is even more so, both written and spoken, with Italian and
Portuguese (and for all I know Spanish). One just has to know the different
spelling reforms and go by the sounds.
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