When he crossed the frontier every word spoken or written was meaningless to him. At first he tried to guess what words meant. Most of the words addressed to him were instructions or orders. If he guessed wrong he was in trouble. So he learnt it was safer not to guess. He treated the sounds of the unknown language as if they were silence. P.118
Berger, John and Mohr, John A Seventh Man Viking Press, 1975
