Interesting Links for 28-03-2021

[andrewducker]

Did Boris Johnson Once Liken Gun Control Measures to Compulsory Vasectomies?

(tags:BorisJohnson guns OhForFucksSake )

Kenny MacAskill defects to the Alex Salmond Is Awesome Party

(tags:politics scotland )

Seems like twelve year old girls are better at dating than I ever was.

(tags:dating girls )

Tears flow for Brits as they head home to avoid being deported as illegals in Spain

(tags:Spain UK immigration Europe )

What you get from a healthy relationship (and should leave if you don't)

(tags:relationships )

This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection

(tags:infection surgery healthcare technology )

Comments

[cmcmck]

It's more that being able to walk into a shop or restaurant and ask for what you want and to know that people know your face is such a big thing.

I'm certainly not into little Englanderism!

[andrewducker]

It also really helps to let locals know you're making an effort.

Not bothering to learn the language even enough to say good morning really is sending a signal!

[cmcmck]

Isn't it though?

Even in countries we've visited like Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic where we'd no idea of the language (we can muster French, German, Italian and a bit of Flemish between us) we tried to learn 'please', 'thank you' and good 'morning/evening'.

As you say, it's called making an effort!