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LogDog75

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3. It's amazing how Americans overseas who can't speak a foreign language expect to be treated special

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 03:24 PM

20 hrs ago

while here at home we do the opposite with their people.

I was stationed in Germany twice; once in the 80s and once in the 90s. In order to drive there we had to take an on=base drivers course and pass a written road test while being able to identify approximately 40 international signs, all in English. We didn't have to know a word of German other than Auffahrt and Ausfahrt (entrance and exit).

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Florida to require driver's license exams to be given in English only [View all] In It to Win It 22 hrs ago OP

Why would anyone speak Spanish in pwb 22 hrs ago #1

You don't have to be a U.S. citizen to get a Florida driver's license. sop 21 hrs ago #2

It's amazing how Americans overseas who can't speak a foreign language expect to be treated special LogDog75 20 hrs ago #3