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Subject: Re: Usenet Phrase Guide--request for help
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> It occurred to me (as I plan my Scandinavian trip which involves five countries
> and five languages) that *the* two most useful phrases in any language X are:
> 	"Thank you."
> and
> 	"I don't speak X; do you speak Y (please)?"
> (For English-speakers, 'Y' is 'English'; for others, you can substitute the
> language of your choice.)
> 
> 					Evelyn C. Leeper
> 					...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl
> 					(or ihnp4!mtgzy!ecl)

Swedish--
thank you is "Tack" (not like the tack you affix things to the wall with)

and the "I don't speak" sentence would go something like
"Jag talar ingen Svenska; talar du Engelska?"
(yogg tall-are' ing-in sven-skah'; tall-are' due sven-skah'?)