#19a Travelogue Kyrgyzstan & Turkey: Mid-air language issues
On the plane from Bishkek 🇰🇬 to Istanbul 🇹🇷 cabin crew handed out Covid-19 forms for entering Turkey. The forms were in Turkish and English. Several passengers approached the busy air hostesses in Russian for help with filling in the forms but none of them spoke even a word of Russian. At some point, one of them just shouted "English!!!" after a stubborn passenger's repeated attempts.
I wonder what the Kyrgyz passengers thought - a) the cabin crew should speak Russian, b) I should speak English or c) Kyrgyz and Turks should understand each other.
c) is Panturkism – the idea that all Turkic nations should be united. I heard one air hostess asking a passenger: “Do you want chay or su?” – It’s a start.
---Vocab---
📍cabin crew = people working on planes to serve passengers 📍approach sb = ask sb for help or information 📍air hostess = female cabin crew 📍stubborn = not giving up 📍attempt = try
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey #kyrgyzstan
On the plane from Bishkek 🇰🇬 to Istanbul 🇹🇷 cabin crew handed out Covid-19 forms for entering Turkey. The forms were in Turkish and English. Several passengers approached the busy air hostesses in Russian for help with filling in the forms but none of them spoke even a word of Russian. At some point, one of them just shouted "English!!!" after a stubborn passenger's repeated attempts.
I wonder what the Kyrgyz passengers thought - a) the cabin crew should speak Russian, b) I should speak English or c) Kyrgyz and Turks should understand each other.
c) is Panturkism – the idea that all Turkic nations should be united. I heard one air hostess asking a passenger: “Do you want chay or su?” – It’s a start.
---Vocab---
📍cabin crew = people working on planes to serve passengers 📍approach sb = ask sb for help or information 📍air hostess = female cabin crew 📍stubborn = not giving up 📍attempt = try
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #turkey #kyrgyzstan