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From: mgv@duke.UUCP (Marco G. Valtorta)
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Subject: What to speak in Brussels
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 21:10:17 EST
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I would recommend anybody visiting Brussels to try English with natives
before any other language.  Everyone understood me during my recent
trip.  One hotel clerk was studying English during his spare time
and he thanked me for giving him a chance to practice.  The only
person who couldn't carry on a basic conversation in English was a
gas station attendant in a small francophone town 15 miles from
Brussels.  He apologized for not speaking English, and promised
that he would start studying it soon.  (Incidentally, he was
extremely nice and gave me useful information on what interested me:
house rental prices and availability--I am moving to Belgium in September.)

Of course, every Belgian speaks English with an accent--but so do I!

					Marco Valtorta