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Originally Posted by Aptrgangr
A Norwegian friend told me he missed the right way during his Denmark trip and asked an elderly Danish women for the right way - she replied she won't tell a Swede. When he said he was Norwegian she suddelny became friendly, explained the way and even donated him a banknote.How do Spanish behave if a Portugese asks for the right way?
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With the Portuguese, until recently, it has been a mutual ignoring of each other.
But today I know that a complain is that Spaniards in Portugal don't bother with trying to ask in Portuguese. They speak in Castilian and expect to be understood.
That story would more likely have happened with a French.
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