On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 19:07, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2 July 2010 16:50, James Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > An additional suggestion for anyone who might need to go to a pharmacy > > is to speak with a staff person in your hotel before going into the > > pharmacy, have them write down the polish words for your symptoms or the > > medication you desire, over the counter drugs are sold through the > > pharmacist so you will need to clearly communicate your ailments. > > That is good to know. I usually assume pharmacists will speak English, > almost anywhere in the world, due to the high level of education > required for the job. I don't know (and can't find - I just looked) > the statistics, but the proportion of university graduates in the > world that speak English to at least a modest standard is very high. > so I can tell you from personal experience that pharmacists here do not necessarily speak English, German or French. However I have found a pharmacy, on Szeroka which does speak some English Finne -- "Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth!" Alyssa, "Chasing Amy"
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