Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
Anyone can learn how to say the Russian equivalents of .... "Can you tell me where the bathroom is?" ... in FAR LESS than one year.
Knowing how to say it in the native language of the country one visits may prove useful. A policeman near a concert stage in the middle of Champs de Mars for an open-air jazz band gig may even offer one to use the facilities under the stage, if a hapless tourist is bold enough to address the question in a quickly and awkwardly made up French phrase.