Quote Originally Posted by slohairt View Post
Back to the topic on hand: Upon further reflection, pretending to be unable to speak English probably wouldn't work. Someone like that would just speak louder! (Everybody knows that non-English speakers are notoriously deaf.)
That reminds me of when my wife and I were on holiday in Fuengirola (see Alex's post about storming the castle a couple of days ago). The place was crawling (hoaching) with timeshare touts and one got off a scooter and came up to us with a pitch. Fed up by this time my wife who has a little Gaelic said something to the girl in Gaelic (I think it was something about what the weather was today). The look on her face was a picture and she walked off.