On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 19:07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 2 July 2010 16:50, James Owen
<jowen(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
An additional suggestion for anyone who might
need to go to a pharmacy
is to speak with a staff person in your hotel before going into the
pharmacy, have them write down the polish words for your symptoms or the
medication you desire, over the counter drugs are sold through the
pharmacist so you will need to clearly communicate your ailments.
That is good to know. I usually assume pharmacists will speak English,
almost anywhere in the world, due to the high level of education
required for the job. I don't know (and can't find - I just looked)
the statistics, but the proportion of university graduates in the
world that speak English to at least a modest standard is very high.
so I can tell you from personal experience that pharmacists here do not
necessarily speak English, German or French. However I have found a
pharmacy, on Szeroka which does speak some English
Finne
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