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People's Reaction When You Start Speaking Their Language. (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@lemmy.world

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[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

It's been 20 years since I was there, but people would see me, an obvious foreigner, and approach me to speak English. It happened pretty much everywhere I went. Before I even said a word, I'd be addressed in English. If I responded in German, they'd respond right back in English.

Not that I'm complaining. I only knew like 100 words in German. Just thought it was an interesting trend.