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Mike Lewis · April 27th, 2004, 06:16

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how difficult is it to learn "lickity split" italian?? as easy as german/french??

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If you speak Spanish, it's pretty easy to pick up. And with Venice being in Northern Italy, there's quite a few people who know German also.

I toured around Venice, Vicenza, Verona, and Bolzano and everything was bilingual - German and Italian. Since I don't speak either language, though, I found that I had an easier time speaking Spanish to the Italians than English. Well, maybe I didn't have an easier time, but the Italians seemed to find it easier to understand my Spanish instead of my English!

Venice is actually a pretty cool city. Make sure you have some lira with you before we go; we couldn't find an ATM that would accept our card to save our lives. Then again, I was last there 10 years ago, so things might have changed.

April 27th, 2004, 06:16	#19
Mike Lewis Shadow Administrator Join Date: Jul 1998 Location: Between KFCM and KMSP Posts: 6,227	Re: Italy... [ QUOTE ] how difficult is it to learn "lickity split" italian?? as easy as german/french?? [/ QUOTE ] If you speak Spanish, it's pretty easy to pick up. And with Venice being in Northern Italy, there's quite a few people who know German also. I toured around Venice, Vicenza, Verona, and Bolzano and everything was bilingual - German and Italian. Since I don't speak either language, though, I found that I had an easier time speaking Spanish to the Italians than English. Well, maybe I didn't have an easier time, but the Italians seemed to find it easier to understand my Spanish instead of my English! Venice is actually a pretty cool city. Make sure you have some lira with you before we go; we couldn't find an ATM that would accept our card to save our lives. Then again, I was last there 10 years ago, so things might have changed.