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Language barrier: Brits abroad only know a handful of foreign phrases

Sorry but I don't speak the lingo... Brits only have a basic grasp of foreign phrases

By Daily Mail Reporter
20th April 2011

The average British tourist heading abroad this summer will speak less than ten key phrases of the native language, a study revealed today.

Researchers polled 3,000 people who are travelling on foreign holidays this year on their ability to speak the local lingo.

And it emerged that millions of us will jet off to Europe and beyond this summer with barely more than a limited grasp of the native tongue.

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