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Canary Islands Getaway
Lots of factual errors I'm afraid - there are seven Canary Islands not five, the islands' name comes from the Latin for dog, (there were reportedly many wild dogs here when the islands were discovered originally), it has nothing to do with Canary birds and there are no wild ones here unless they are some one's escaped pets! Whilst I grant you on the coast, in the tourist areas, many people do speak English and indeed many other European languages, the actual inhabitants (who speak Spanish dialect which differs in many quite distinctive ways from Castellano) would be VERY surprised to hear that the main languages spoken here are English and French. Glad you enjoyed your trip, but just a little more research would have given your article far more credibility.— August 15, 2012 9:50 a.m.