2026-09-20 09:52 UTC
@happyborg@fosstodon.org @jonny@neuromatch.social on recent holiday we booked a shared taxi and got back to their hotel a pair of random other strangers in a strange land who didn't speak the current language
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@happyborg@fosstodon.org 2026-09-20 10:02
@falken@falkensweb.ecom it fascinates me how easily people can 'talk' without a common language. In Turkey we had no common words as these were all locals who had no regular contact with tourists. I once travelled for hours on a bus in India w families and no other tourists. They had no English, I had none of their dialect, yet there was so much chat between us. It was weird and wonderful. Waving, pointing, facial expressions and gestures. Who knows if we each understood the other, but it was lovely. @jonny@neuromatch.social