Wo trifft man sich hier - Page 4

Mbray wrote on Tue Nov 7, 2023 12:33pm:

Just my 2 cents worth but while i fully understand how people may feel about this from both sides, a couple things that came into my head, the lady could have easily done the translation in her original post to English (given that probably the majority of people on here are probably english), it ...

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...would also have helped if she stated that she could speak english / or if not then did anyone on here that could speak german could communicate with her, remember she wanted to meet up in person so it could be awkward if you can't communicate with each other (even if you both had a little Spanish it could be possible, after all your living in Spain, we all need to make a bit of effort IMO , sadly many do not). 

Martyn1986 wrote on Tue Nov 7, 2023 1:37pm:

Maybe she's not good with technology and didnt about Google translate or maybe she was hoping to meet people of her own national language not us rude Brits. I have seen many people write in their native tongue on here and never receive any negative comments 

Mbray wrote on Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:13pm:

Yes, could be tech / google etc isn't her thing, must admit i don't see many posts in German, i don't think all brits are rude either (all nations have their share of rude people).

Pauline39 wrote on Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:12pm:

I totally agree.  One day we might just be in the same situation as this lady.  All she wanted was a bit of empathy, and now she's left the forum.  I do hope this forum is not exclusively for Anglophones - I can't see anywhere that it states it's only for English speakers.  Ho...

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...w many British pensioners speak.German well enough to post on a forum?  I'm embarrassed and sad that the lady has left the group 😔 😪 😕 

Johnnyfox wrote on Wed Nov 8, 2023 7:06am:

For all of our languages we can’t communicate, for all of our native tongues, we’re all NATIVES here!

Ian Corker wrote on Wed Nov 8, 2023 7:46am:

To be honest I didn’t understand this.

Martyn1986 wrote on Wed Nov 8, 2023 9:15am:

Me neither 

Villas wrote on Wed Nov 8, 2023 9:20am:

Me neither. PS: I´m not a native here. I´m an immigrant. V

Villas wrote on Wed Nov 8, 2023 9:20am:

Me neither. PS: I´m not a native here. I´m an immigrant. V