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Here is the story about waiting for a train :)
The first day in Germany was very disappointing. I came from DC with about 80F-90F to rainy Dusseldorf (through rainy Paris) with about 15C. All my baggage was lost somewhere (because that was one of the first flights to Europe after September 11) and I was basically freezed. I got the ticket to the train with one stop, where I should have switched to another one. However, on that station all the trains just disappeared for half an hour. It got very crowded. The voice out of loudspeakers was beyond any normal speach for me. Dispatcher (speaking no english) on the platform said me 5 times that I should have wait there for that train because it came later (2,5 hours!?). Finally, I investigate that train was canceled. Hha?
Anyway beer was good that evening... and still good. It's a pitty I don't have Corona here. :)
Regards,
-- Alexandre ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:43 AMReceived on Wed Jun 12 2002 - 04:13:21 CDT
> Lyuda Hoska wrote:
> >
> > Do Germans mind to speak English to an English speaking programmer? How
> > would one communicate if he/she doesn't speak German?
> >
>
> Most northern Europeans speak decent English (I remember getting
> information from a chap storing crates in a Norwegian supermarket), and
> are quite happy to practice it; even in France or Italy communicating in
> English is relatively easy in the IT environment (less so outside it).
> German and Dutch share enough roots with English to make written matters
> guessable. Trouble starts when you are waiting for a train on some
> platform and cannot understand what comes out of loudspeakers ...
> --
> Regards,
>
> Stephane Faroult
> Oriole Software
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> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
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> Author: Stephane Faroult
> INET: sfaroult_at_oriole.com
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