Foreign Minister "in the vernacular of security" for women17: 00 15/03/2010, Laurel Miller, emergency travel assistance, poor foreign words, phrases e

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There are, as they say, time and place for everything. And sometimes, ladies, that occurs when you travel. I encourage anyone traveling to a foreign country to learn a couple of key phrases and learn a little about the place, to avoid cultural missteps. Even something as innocuous as touching a child in the head in Thailand is considered a serious offense because the head is considered the highest (and therefore more sacred) body part.

Form which is also bad for losing his temper in Asia and elsewhere, it goes against the cultural customs. But what to do when their safety is endangered, or if you are being relentlessly happened?

That's why I developed what I like to call "security vernacular" in a variety of languages. As I speak Spanish, I only know the aforementioned key phrases in other languages: "please", "thank you", "What is your name", "Where is the bathroom?" But I also know how to swear like a banshee, and use different degrees of "Get lost", ranging from good education, "Please leave my face now, you'll miss the testicles."
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