Eh… it’s probably not so much that they are demanding their language be spoken…

More a case of the tourists are probably being dickheads in general and the locals have had enough of their shit. That and the locals would like to be able to enjoy their own beach without having to wade through masses of tourists.

Ahhh it’s a lot easier to learn through immersion if you live there ;)

(A Brit who has lived in two other countries). I’m well aware of the resources on the internet. I’m also aware of the fact that this issue with the signs has bugger all to do with language barrier and everything to do with the people visiting being ignorant and inconsiderate tourists.

You are better off brushing up on the culture than you are the language. Simply looking at the sign through your phone camera would automatically translate it for you - yet another internet resource ;)

For shits and giggles I’m going to list the countries I’ve travelled to:

France, Spain, Greece, Austria, Italy, Finland, UAE, Dubai, Qatar, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Philippines, Palau, Malaysia, Indonesia - then Australia, US and Canada which don’t count for this I guess. I’m possibly missing one or two, I’m tired.

So, I’m supposed to have learned the language, and respective writing systems, of each of these places before going there?

I guess I should just quit my job and take up learning language full time…. Either that or just stay at home so that I don’t get ridiculed for being an ignorant tourist.

Rofl…

Let me guess… you’re American and ‘travel’ to you is a quick trip across the border

I’m not sure how many Cambodians are wandering around rural UK, and I’m fairly certain that Duolingo doesn’t have Khmer.

Guess I’d better cancel my trip.

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…)

Funnily enough…

If you use Chinese pronunciation for X it is pretty damn close to Sh.

Didn’t even know they had messages, I haven’t used the web interface since I signed up pretty much!

I just set it up with my email client way back when and that’s it. Can’t say I’ve noticed any outages, but maybe that’s just me not paying enough attention

Edit: huh, seems there’s a lot I’ve missed out on… I’ll have to have a proper look in the morning

I had a look and my first email on that account was in 2008 lol

I’ve had a fastmail account for many years and never had any issues. Fairly solid and reliable.