# Traveling abroad:  I thought English is the Universal Language!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 12, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-abroad-i-thought-english-is-the-universal-language/298940 "2005-04-12T06:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-abroad-i-thought-english-is-the-universal-language/298940/61 "2005-04-15T15:26:45Z")

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> You’re also guaranteed to lose a hefty chunk in an extremely unfavourable exchange rate. The simple advice is to change your cash properly.

Good point.

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