Re: my grammar

>> I'm saving to spend a month or two in the basque country this coming
>> summer.... the only problem I have is that I think that most people
>> would choose to speaker to a foreigner in Spanish or English if they
>> speak it, so I might have difficulty persuading them to speak Basque to
>> me. Much as how when you go to the Netherlands everyone seems really
>> keen to speak English to you even if you try to speak their language to
>> them.
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>
> but from what I've heard, most people appreciate it when someone (at
> least
> initially) speaks to them in their (the former, not the latter)'s own
> language, rather than their (the latter, not the former)'s own language.
Some do. :) Some people in some countries seem intent on not letting you
try. I don't know how the Basques think about such things. *shrugs* Many
people in the Basque country now only speak Spanish, so I guess the
first problem is figuring out if someone will understand if you speak
Basque to them. Still, I'd love to go... I like mountains and greenery
more than beaches, and I'd be almost as good to practice my Spanish.