Good question. But sometimes trying not to do something is just has hard as the reverse.
How do you spend more than 3 months in a country and not learn enough of the language to have a conversation...https://twitter.com/nytimesbooks/status/1120685517060890626 …
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It happens. It took me about a year of trial and error in France for locals to accept my pronounciation as good enough to deserve a response. Without that it is very hard to get to a reasonable level for conversation.
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Easy step 1: go somewhere where most natives speak english (e.g. Hong Kong) step 2: be anti-social and only talk to people when buying food
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Yeah, I spent a year in Hong Kong. Learnt some phrases, but definitely couldn't hold a conversation. I wasn't even antisocial. Also, not all languages are the same hurdle. No way my adult english-based brain is going to easily absorb tonal languages.
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Nigel Richards, three time winner of the English-language Scrabble World Championship, studied the French dictionary for two months and then won the French-language Scrabble World Championship. He still doesn’t speak French. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/21/424980378/winner-of-french-scrabble-title-does-not-speak-french …
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Easy. You need to be hip enough to be mentioned in NYT.
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It’s just rude
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I'm 7 months and counting in Montreal, Quebec. Didn't learnt French beyond 4 or 5 words. The language push is probably what annoys, and prevents learning.
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Smart move, that'll show 'em.https://youtu.be/0an2ZBp41II
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Easy.... be me.
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