Travel Tuesday: Learning another language ... or not.

Welcome to Travel Tuesday! I have provided a suggested topic for this week, but remember, all travel-related posts are always welcome in my Travel Tuesday link-up. :) The suggested prompt this week is:

How much of a country's language do you learn before visiting?

Personally, while I would love to be multilingual, I know it's not reasonable to learn the language of every country before I visit, even conversationally. Most people I know pick a few key phrases to learn before they arrive, e.g. "Where is the bathroom?" "Where is the train station?" "My name is ..." etc. I always make a point to learn one phrase, and if I've learned that one phrase, I can generally get along with people just fine:

Speak with conviction.

I anticipate I will be sharing many things from my Advanced Writing capstone in the Missouri School of Journalism this semester because my professor shares the most amazing things with us, including this little gem about a cultural language tic. Enjoy!

I personally like the typographical version better, but here is the live performance if you're interested: