We have pointed out, from time to time, that learning at least the basics of the languages spoken where you plan to cruise is no bad thing and even suggested that Esperanto would be an awesome lingua franca for boat folk and a smart thing for the rest of the world... Of course that suggestion triggered a flood of emails to Boat Bits central suggesting that there was already a lingua franca and it was ENGLISH and that Esperanto was some sort of commie plot.
Sigh...
Whatever the readership thinks I still think that if you learn to speak at least the basics (please, thank you, could you direct me to the nearest ATM) you will be a happy camper more often than not.
But what about when you are beyond the comfort zone of civilization and visiting the lost isles of the fire god or other places that you won't find cruising guides for? What if you were about to enter an island mostly populated by zombies for instance... Would English alone do the trick?
While I was never a boy scout (being dubbed a bad influence when I was a Cub scout) the always being prepared ting did take and having a copy of "How to Speak Zombie" gives me just that extra feeling of comfort next time I am in need of conversing with a zombie...
