Question for the board

[bcherod]

Who has lived overseas?

Who has “backpacked” in foreign countries?

Has anyone grown up overseas?

How many speak a foreign language?

 

[F4Gary]

Stationed in Holland for 2 years in the mid 70's.
Born in Montreal (Air Force brat)
I can order a beer in a few languages.

 

[DFSNOLE]

 

[BrainVision]

I have never lived overseas or backpacked, though I have traveled internationally a fair amount. I definitely did not grow up overseas. I can hold basic conversations in Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Spanish. I can understand very basic Cantonese and Tagalog. I have a smattering Ulster English, and I am working on Scots.

 

[billanole]

Who has lived overseas?

Who has “backpacked” in foreign countries?

Has anyone grown up overseas?

How many speak a foreign language?

I have backpacked a fair amount in “strange lands” throughout Appalachia.
I can speak lots of southern idioms and slang.
No problem working for food while on these journeys.
Would love to travel across southern Europe in particular as well as Scandinavia in general.

 

[bcherod]

I have backpacked a fair amount in “strange lands” throughout Appalachia.
I can speak lots of southern idioms and slang.
No problem working for food while on these journeys.
Would love to travel across southern Europe in particular as well as Scandinavia in general.

People don’t understand the many variations of English.

So kudos to you for those experiences.

They are equally as impressive as anyone who has backpacked in another country.