PhrasebooksMost and least helpful: Least helpful: No phrasebooks in Lithuanian available. Lisa Canada 04/29/2008 Most helpful: Everything Wendy Hudson in Colts Neck, NJ USA 08/04/2007 Most helpful: the way they are organized for quick finding of information. Jim Conway in Columbus, NJ USA 03/31/2007 Most helpful: The culinary phrasing for ordering and reading Italian menus; Also, the Italian phrases for shopping were quite helpful Ryan in Lyons, IL USA 01/08/2007 Most helpful: The chapters are broken by logical topic for travelers. The phonetic pronunciations of Italian words were very helpful. Sandi Tedford in Atlanta, GA USA 01/06/2007 Most helpful: The phrases for asking "Do you speak English?" - and in the French section, the difference between "Excuse me" for passing and for getting attention. Dara Spears in Del Mar, CA USA 12/05/2006 Most helpful: Everyday words were fine, but we found the people to be more casual about the language than we thought. We used formal usage so as not to offend, but found that most people spoke to us in the more familiar tense. Least helpful: Almost anything that had to do with signs on the road or in stores. gayle wehrli in st louis, mo USA 10/21/2006 Least helpful: At a cafe in a museum in Germany, I found not one word of the nine entries in the menu in the phrase book of Germany. The book was useless. Rich Vinyard in Anacortes, WA USA 09/30/2006 Most helpful: Grouping by topic Least helpful: Your reference to Tylenol lead me astray. I got what I needed by asking for "comme aspirine mas pas asperine", but by first asking for the unknown "tylenol" after trusting your phrase book, I felt like an ugly American expecting that they'd have our name-brand drugs. Lori USA 06/25/2006 Most helpful: I found the multi language section in the back of the EU Phrase book in 2000 to be a great way to build up vocabulary. Having all these words in a row for comparrison was excellent! I would only add more words and languages to the list. Seth Anderson in Grand Junction, CO USA 04/25/2006 Most helpful: toss up between eating/menu decoder and the tear out cheat sheet--of course, when you really need it, the medicine section is most helpful! Least helpful: I wouldn't cut out any sections. Ashley Shields in Nashville, TN USA 04/17/2006 Most helpful: The section on getting around train stations was quite helpful, as were the numbers and restaurant sections. Stephanie Hood in Greenville, SC USA 04/17/2006 Most helpful: Inclusion of the word "vegetarian". I also loved the phrase "I feel like a Pope!" Karla in New York, NY USA 03/09/2006 Most helpful: Food talk very useful. Least helpful: DAting talk--I'm married and in my fifties, so for me it wasn't useful. Though I could see if I were younger and unattached... JER in Seattle , WA USA 02/13/2006 Most helpful: Greetings, other simple words to get by in a pinch. Least helpful: I wish there was more converasational sentances. It was difficult to talk to our Italian bus driver (who spoke no English). Phrases like "Where are you from?", "Do you have a family", "What things do you like to do", etc. would have been more helpful than "If you don't slow down I will vomit" (esp. because he was a fantastic bus driver!!). Erika in Edmonds, WA USA 02/04/2006 |
